title: Epiretinal membrane formation associated with idiopathic macular telangiectasia: case report.
abstract: A 46-year-old woman complained of blurred and distorted vision in both eyes. Ophthalmic examination showed that visual acuity was 20/200 for the right eye and counting fingers left eye. Fundoscopy revealed perimacular hemorrhages, aneurismal dilatation of the vessels in the posterior pole, and a white and elevated lesion adjacent to vascular changes. We report a case of idiopathic macular telangiectasia and epiretinal membrane that occurs concomitantly. To our knowledge, this is the first report that describes an association between idiopathic macular telangiectasia and epiretinal membrane formation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávia Cid
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: João Paulo Fernandes
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Felix
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maurício Abujamra
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lira
mesh_terms: D019773:Epiretinal Membrane / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D019721:Ophthalmoscopes; D058456:Retinal Telangiectasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity