title: Macular hole formation following thermal laser photocoagulation in a patient with choroidal neovascular membrane and age-related macular degeneration.
abstract: A woman with age-related macular degeneration and an extrafoveal choroidal neovascularization was treated with thermal laser photocoagulation. Three years later, an optical coherence tomography image showed a full-thickness macular hole with some contracture toward the adjacent atrophic laser scar, suggestive of some presumptive tangential forces.
authors.affiliation: Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York, 460 Park Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022, USA.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iranmanesh
authors.forename: Shantan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peiretti
authors.forename: Jason S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Slakter
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence