title: Spontaneous closure of lamellar macular holes studied by optical coherence tomography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To document and study the spontaneous closure of lamellar macular holes (LMH) by optical coherence tomography (OCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Two women with LMH, 62 and 71 years old, respectively, were followed up with fundoscopy, fundus photography and OCT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In both patients spontaneous closure of LMH was observed 11 and 21 months after baseline examination, respectively. The foveal thickness in case 1 increased from 84 μm at baseline to 162 μm at the final examination. The foveal thickness in case 2 increased from 48 μm at baseline to 148 μm at the final examination. The foveal contour was also restored in both eyes. The foveal morphology was preserved in both eyes during the follow-up period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In both patients the spontaneous closure of LMH could be attributed to the shrinkage of the hole or the release of the tension on the retinal surface, which followed the complete posterior vitreous detachment and separation of epiretinal membrane from the retina.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens, Greece. george@hellasnet.gr
authors.forename: Panagiotis G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Theodossiadis
authors.forename: Vlassis G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Grigoropoulos
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Emfietzoglou
authors.forename: Pantelis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nikolaidis
authors.forename: Miltiadis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papathanasiou
authors.forename: George P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Theodossiadis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology