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Case Reports
. 2012 Apr;26(4):620-1.
doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.367. Epub 2012 Jan 13.

Idiopathic macular hole in a child

J C Park, K N Frimpong-Ansah
Case Reports

Idiopathic macular hole in a child

J C Park et al. Eye (Lond). 2012 Apr.
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Figure 1
Left eye macular hole in a child, with no history of trauma and no other ocular pathology.
Figure 2
Figure 2
OCT of the left fovea showing a hole of outer retinal layers, but intact inner retinal layer (Stage I macular hole, when defined according to Gass).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Six months following surgery, OCT of the left eye shows return towards normality.
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References

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