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ArticleCase reports in ophthalmology

Case of Macular Hole Secondary to Ocular Toxoplasmosis Treated Successfully by Vitrectomy with Inverted Internal Limiting Membrane Flap.

Mizuki Ikeda, Takayuki Baba, Yuri Aikawa, Jiro Yotsukura, Hirotaka Yokouchi, Shuichi Yamamoto

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mizuki IkedaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Takayuki BabaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Yuri AikawaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Jiro YotsukuraDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Hirotaka YokouchiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Shuichi YamamotoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of ocular toxoplasmosis that developed a full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) which was successfully treated by pars plana vitrectomy combined with an inverted internal limiting membrane (ILM) flap. A 49-years-old Japanese man was aware of blurred vision in his right eye. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy, ophthalmoscopy, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the right eye showed that there was a grayish-white subretinal lesion at the macula accompanied by retinal exudation and mild vitreous flare and iritis. An increase in the level of serum IgM for toxoplasma led to a diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis. He developed a FTMH adjacent to the lesion 2 weeks after administering sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, and his decimal visual acuity was 0.15. Because the FTMH remained 3 months after the resolution of inflammation and his metamorphopsia persisted, vitrectomy with an inverted ILM flap was performed. After the surgery, the visual acuity improved to 0.2 with the closure of the FTMH confirmed by OCT. A FTMH in an eye with ocular toxoplasmosis was successfully closed by vitrectomy with an inverted ILM flap.

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Full-thickness macular holeInverted internal limiting membraneOcular toxoplasmosisPars plana vitrectomy

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PMCPMC8136329
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