ArticleAmerican journal of ophthalmology case reports2020
Spontaneous macular hole closure after posterior vitreous detachment in an eye with hyperreflective OCT stress line.
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- Spontaneously Opening and Closing Macular Holes with Lamellar Hole Epiretinal Proliferation: A Longitudinal Optical Coherence Tomography Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Intraretinal hyperreflective line: potential biomarker in various retinal disorders.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2024Article
- Idiopathic Macular Hole: Algorithm for Nonsurgical Closure Based on Literature Review.Journal of ophthalmic & vision researchReview
- The importance of optical coherence tomographic sectioning in a case with unilateral subtle visual disturbance related to a vertical intraretinal hyperreflective line.Romanian journal of ophthalmologyArticle
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purposeThe aim of this report is to describe a patient who presented with a central hyper-reflective line (HRL) with spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) after posterior vitreous detachment that evolved to full thickness macular hole (FTMH) with subsequent spontaneous resolution. OBSERVATIONS: A 59-year-old patient presented with a history of photopsia and floaters followed by the development of a central scotoma in the right eye (OD). The left eye (OS) was normal. On examination, visual acuity (VA) was 20/20- OD and 20/20 OS. Retinal examination OD was remarkable for a retinal tear, and SD-OCT demonstrated a central HRL. The patient underwent laser retinopexy to barricade the retinal tear. Sequential SD-OCT of the macula was performed and the patient eventually developed a small FTMH 8 months after the baseline presentation. VA was correspondingly reduced to 20/80 OD. Upon return after 4 months, the hole was completely resolved with improvement of VA to 20/20 OD.
conclusionVitreomacular traction (VMT) may lead to foveal dehiscence. This instability can be detected with SD-OCT as a vertical hyperreflective stress line that is a risk factor for progression to a FTMH. With release of VMT, FTMH can spontaneously close.
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