Open AccessDevelopment of traumatic bilateral horseshoe-shaped macular tear without vitreous traction: Case report
Author(s) -
Tsuyoshi Mito,
Takeshi Joko,
Atsushi Shiraishi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1565_19
Subject(s) - medicine , vitrectomy , ophthalmology , macular hole , visual acuity , internal limiting membrane , tears , blunt trauma , blunt , retinal tear , traction (geology) , retinal detachment , surgery , retinal , geomorphology , geology
To report our findings in a case with bilateral horseshoe-shaped macular tears. Both eyes of a 68-year-old woman developed horseshoe-shaped macular tears in the absence of vitreous traction due to prior vitrectomy in one eye and a posterior vitreous detachment in the other eye. Vitrectomy with the inverted internal limiting membrane flap technique led to a successful closure of the macular tear bilaterally, and an improvement of her visual acuity in both eyes. The cause of horseshoe-shaped macular tear was most likely due to a retinal rupture from a blunt trauma.