SD-OCT imaging of idiopathic macular holes with spontaneous closure

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2012 Feb 23:43 Online:e14-7. doi: 10.3928/15428877-20120216-01.

Abstract

Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography serial changes in three cases of spontaneous closure of idiopathic macular hole at stages II, III, and IV are described. Initial and serial spectral-domain optical coherence tomography images document the progressive closure. Macular holes apparently resolved spontaneously through two different mechanisms: posterior hyaloid detachment in case 1 and a contraction of epiretinal macular membrane in cases 2 and 3. The spontaneous closure of idiopathic full-thickness macular holes may occur in any stage of idiopathic macular hole; the small size of the hole is a common feature in all cases of spontaneous closure reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Retinal Detachment / pathology
  • Retinal Perforations / pathology*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*
  • Visual Acuity