title: A CASE OF FULL-THICKNESS MACULAR HOLE IN EYE WITH FOCAL CHOROIDAL EXCAVATION.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an association between a Stage 4 full-thickness macular hole and focal choroidal excavation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 46-year-old male patient with high myopia was referred for macular hole surgery and found to have an associated focal choroidal excavation. The patient underwent uneventful combined procedure with closure of macular hole.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Successful macular hole surgery can be achieved even in the presence of focal choroidal excavation.
authors.affiliation: University of Keele, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Omar Faisal
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Fayyad
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Mustafa Raad
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Al-Hashimi
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Faisal Tawfeeq
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Fayyad
mesh_terms: D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D047728:Myopia, Degenerative / Q000150:complications; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods