title: [Aspect of necrosis preceding macular hole from laser accident].
abstract: We report the clinical case of a 26-year-old victim of a macular injury by high energy laser. The patient was examined in the emergency unit the first day with a retinophotography. He was followed up at 1 week, 3 weeks, and 3 months with an ophthalmologic exam, a retinophotography, and an OCT. The lesions progressed from edema with macular hemorrhage to macular necrosis and then to a macular hole. The macular injury by high energy laser was responsible for a necrotic modification of the macula preceding the formation of the macular hole.
authors.affiliation: Service 4, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France. severinboni@gmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tuil
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Barale
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scheer
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sahel
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis