title: Giant macular hole in Alport syndrome.
abstract: METHODS
  A 29-year-old woman with Alport syndrome presented with unilateral visual deterioration over an 8-year period. She had the rare ocular complication of a giant macular hole. She developed a small macular hole in the other eye.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ocular features of Alport syndrome are described, including proposed mechanisms for hole formation.
authors: Ophthalmology Department, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom. waheedarahman2002@yahoo.co.uk
authors: Waheeda
authors: W
authors: Rahman
authors: Somnath
authors: S
authors: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D009394:Nephritis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity