SUCCESSFUL CLOSURE OF FULL-THICKNESS MACULAR HOLES SECONDARY TO MACULAR VITELLIFORM LESIONS

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2019;13(3):199-201. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000566.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe the first reported cases of full-thickness macular holes secondary to vitelliform lesions that were successfully closed with vitrectomy surgery and gas tamponade.

Methods: Two female patients developed visual loss secondary to bilateral vitelliform lesions and associated full-thickness macular holes. The patients underwent 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling, and 26% sulfur hexafluoride gas, followed by 3 days of face-down positioning.

Results: In both patients, the macular holes remain closed 3 and 25 months postoperatively.

Conclusion: Vitrectomy surgery with gas tamponade may successfully close full-thickness macular holes secondary to macular vitelliform lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Endotamponade
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Retinal Perforations / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy / complications*
  • Vitrectomy / methods