title: Spontaneous Closure of a Full-Thickness Stage 2 Idiopathic Macular Hole without Posterior Vitreous Detachment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report a 50-year-old female patient with a stage 2 idiopathic macular hole that closed spontaneously.
  
  
  METHODS
  The case is presented on the basis of an observational case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The stage 2 idiopathic macular hole closed spontaneously in 6 weeks with a lamellar defect in the outer retina due to the formation of the bridging retinal tissue, but without any evidence of the common mechanisms of spontaneous closure such as posterior vitreous detachment or epiretinal membrane formation.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Ophthalmology, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Aditya Shreekant
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kelkar
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Ophthalmology, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Devanshi Ramji
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bhanushali
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Ophthalmology, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Jai Aditya
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kelkar
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Ophthalmology, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Rachana Bharat
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Ophthalmology, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Shreekant Bhaskar
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kelkar
keywords: Macular holes; Optical coherence tomography; Posterior vitreous detachment; Retina