Spontaneous disappearance of traumatic macular holes in young patients

Am J Ophthalmol. 1997 Jun;123(6):837-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)71136-5.

Abstract

Purpose: To report the disappearance of traumatic macular hole in three eyes of three patients.

Methods: Clinical data of the patients were reviewed.

Results: The three patients were relatively young, ranging in age from 12 to 18 years old. In one eye of each patient, a small traumatic macular hole was observed at the first visit. Visual acuities ranged from 20/100 to 20/40. The macular holes resolved spontaneously 3 to 4 months after the trauma, and final visual acuity improved to 20/20 in all patients.

Conclusion: Small traumatic macular holes in young patients can resolve spontaneously, and this can be associated with good visual recovery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Baseball / injuries
  • Child
  • Eye Injuries / etiology
  • Eye Injuries / pathology
  • Eye Injuries / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Macula Lutea / injuries*
  • Macula Lutea / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Retinal Perforations / etiology
  • Retinal Perforations / pathology
  • Retinal Perforations / physiopathology*
  • Visual Acuity / physiology
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / etiology
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / pathology
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / physiopathology*