A Case of Postpartum Macular Hole in a Young Woman.
10.3341/jkos.2015.56.3.463
- Author:
Byoung Seon KIM
1
;
Byung Jae KIM
;
Yong Seop HAN
;
Jong Moon PARK
;
In Young CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. inyoung@gnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Postpartum macular hole;
Vitrectomy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Humans;
Membranes;
Postpartum Period*;
Retinal Perforations*;
Tomography, Optical Coherence;
Traction;
Visual Acuity;
Vitrectomy;
Vitreous Detachment
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2015;56(3):463-465
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To describe a case of macular hole (MH) in a 29-year-old non-myopic woman after uncomplicated delivery. CASE SUMMARY: A 29-year-old woman visited our clinic complaining of decreased visual acuity in her left eye after uncomplicated delivery. Fundoscopy and optical coherence tomography showed a full thickness macular hole in the left eye. However, we found not posterior vitreous detachment or vitreomacular traction in the posterior pole. The patient underwent pars plana vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling, and SF6 gas tamponade. Three months after vitrectomy, the patient's visual acuity was improved and the macular hole was closed successfully. CONCLUSIONS: We experienced and treated a case of postpartum MH developed in a young woman without posterior vitreous detachment or vitreomacular traction in the posterior pole. This suggests another mechanism of MH formation. Postpartum MH was successfully treated by existing idiopathic macular hole surgery.
