Macular Morphological Changes in Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy with Macular Traction on OCT.

IF 0.5 Q4 OPHTHALMOLOGY

Case Reports in Ophthalmology Pub Date : 2025-03-03 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1159/000545011

Asaki Hirai, Yota Kikuchi, Yuki Ohara, Toshihiko Ohta, Shintaro Nakao

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Abstract

Introduction: We aimed to report macular morphological changes observed on optical coherence tomography (OCT) in a child with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR), experiencing macular traction caused by fibrovascular tissue (FT), who underwent vitrectomy.

Case presentation: A 7-year-old girl presented with the chief complaint of decreased visual acuity in the left eye during a school examination. Fundus examination revealed retinal folds with FT extending from the peripheral retina to the posterior pole of the left eye. Despite interventions such as retinal photocoagulation and encircling buckling aimed at reducing the traction on the macula, OCT revealed persistent deep retinal folds and a thickened outer nuclear layer (ONL), indicating gradually increasing macular traction, which contributed to vision loss. A subsequent vitrectomy alleviated the macular traction, enhanced the retinal morphology, and reduced ONL thickening regardless of persistent ectopic inner foveal layers.

Conclusions: Macular morphological changes before and after vitrectomy in a pediatric case of FEVR can be observed using OCT. Vitrectomy with FT removal may be effective in partially improving macular morphology in FEVR with macular traction.

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Case Reports in Ophthalmology OPHTHALMOLOGY-

CiteScore

0.90

自引率

0.00%

发文量

129

审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： This peer-reviewed online-only journal publishes original case reports covering the entire spectrum of ophthalmology, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, toxicities of therapy, supportive care, quality-of-life, and survivorship issues. The submission of negative results is strongly encouraged. The journal will also accept case reports dealing with the use of novel technologies, both in the arena of diagnosis and treatment. Supplementary material is welcomed. The intent of the journal is to provide clinicians and researchers with a tool to disseminate their personal experiences to a wider public as well as to review interesting cases encountered by colleagues all over the world. Universally used terms can be searched across the entire growing collection of case reports, further facilitating the retrieval of specific information. Following the open access principle, the entire contents can be retrieved at no charge, guaranteeing easy access to this valuable source of anecdotal information at all times.