[Aspect of necrosis preceding macular hole from laser accident].
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.
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Service 4, Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris, France. severinboni@gmail.com
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Barale
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Scheer
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Sahel
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis