Macular hole formation following thermal laser photocoagulation in a patient with choroidal neovascular membrane and age-related macular degeneration.
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.
Iranmanesh
Reza
R
Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York, 460 Park Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022, USA.
Reddy
Shantan
S
Peiretti
Enrico
E
Slakter
Jason S
JS
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