Open AccessSpectral-domain optical coherence tomography findings of subinternal limiting membrane hemorrhage in the macula before and after Nd:YAG laser treatment
Author(s) -
PoYuan Chang,
JiaKang Wang,
ChangHao Yang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
taiwan journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.519
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2211-5072
pISSN - 2211-5056
DOI - 10.1016/j.tjo.2013.12.007
Subject(s) - medicine , optical coherence tomography , laser , laser coagulation , limiting , optics , radiology , ophthalmology , visual acuity , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering
We reported the spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) findings of a subinternal limiting membrane hemorrhage in the macula in one patient with Valsalva retinopathy and in one patient with macroaneurysm before and after neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser membranotomy. Within 1 week, the Nd:YAG laser treatment facilitated rapid absorption of the hemorrhage in both patients. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography was helpful before laser treatment to evaluate the exact location of the blood and after laser treatment to confirm the amount and location of residual hemorrhage, which was hard to confirm by only indirect ophthalmoscopy.