title: [Premacular hemorrhage treatment with Nd:YAG laser: a clinical case].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To report a case of premacular hemorrhage treated with Neodymium (Nd):YAG laser puncture.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 54 year-old Caucasian female was seen in the emergency department with complaints of sudden loss of vision in her right eye (RE), detected on the previous day. The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the RE was reduced to light perception, and fundoscopy evidenced a large and dense premacular hemorrhage. An Nd:YAG laser puncture was performed that day to drain the hemorrhage into the vitreous cavity. The intravitreal hemorrhage cleared in about 1 month, and the BCVA of the RE was 20/25 after 3 months.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Centro Hospitalar Leiria, Leiria, Portugal. Electronic address: mjcampos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Centro Hospitalar Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Centro Hospitalar Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Centro Hospitalar Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Centro Hospitalar Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Violante
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Centro Hospitalar Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Castro Sousa
mesh_terms: D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Hemorragia premacular; Hialoidotomia; Hyaloidotomy; Membranotomy; Membranotomía; Nd:YAG; Premacular hemorrhage