A 59‐year‐old gentleman presented with decreased visual acuity and metamorphopsia in both eyes for one year, worsening over the past three months. Except for a history of phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in his left eye, medical, surgical and ocular history was unremarkable. Best corrected visual acuity was 3/10 and 6/10 with +3.50‐0.75 × 180 and −0.50‐0.75 × 180 in t...

PURPOSE: Idiopathic macular holes (MHs) may occur bilaterally, and the spontaneous closure of MHs was documented previously. The median interval between the onset of MHs in each eye was reported to be 17.5 months. METHOD: We report a case of bilateral MHs which occurred and resolved spontaneously over a very short interval. RESULTS: A 48-year-old woman with no history of ocular disease complain...

Macular hole (MA) is a significant cause of visual acuity (VA) loss in patients over 50 years in our environment. The traction by the vitreous, particularly the posterior hyaloids, on the retina surface plays a leading role in the etiopathogeny of MA. The collagen fibers that comprise the posterior vitreous are firmly joined to the macula and connecting to the internal limiting membrane by mean...

BACKGROUND We present a case of a macular hole formation and its spontaneous closure after vitrectomy for vitreomacular traction. To our knowledge, it is the first description of spontaneous closure of the macular hole after vitrectomy for vitreomacular traction. CASE PRESENTATION A 78-year-old woman presented decreased visual acuity and metamorphopsia in the right eye due to vitreomacular tr...

Manuscript received: 17.01.16; Revision accepted: 13.06.16 Parafoveal telangiectasia is also known as juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasis or idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia. Clinical features include loss of the macular luteo pigment in the temporal fovea (gray reflex), microaneurysms, right‐angled venules, crystalline deposits, and subretinal neovascular membrane. Our photo essay shows the...

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous closure of traumatic macular holes is described as a common event in the peer-reviewed literature. However, the spontaneous closure of stage III and IV full-thickness idiopathic macular holes has been reported in less than 15 cases in the literature, this being an extremely rare event, with their reopening being even more infrequent. We report a case of a spontaneous cl...

PURPOSE To report the first case of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to dengue fever. CASE REPORT A 54-year-old female was referred to our department with blurred vision and metamorphopsia in her left eye. Two weeks earlier, she had presented all of the classic symptoms of dengue fever including a positive serology. Her best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 20/150 in the left ey...

The purpose is report a case of reticular pattern dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in a 56year-old woman with breast cancer. Images were obtained using fundus photography, fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging, and optical coherence tomography (OCT). The patient complained of bilateral metamorphopsia for 2 months. She underwent surgical treatment and chemotherapy for breast can...

PURPOSE To investigate the clinical and demographic features of idiopathic macular telangiectasia (MacTel) in Korean patients since the introduction of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS We reviewed medical records of patients who were diagnosed with MacTel from 2009 to 2013. All patients underwent fluorescein angiography and SD-OCT and were classified as type 1 or...

PURPOSE We report a case of a sympathetic ophthalmia that occurred after 23-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy for a retinal detachment. CASE REPORT A 41-year-old Japanese woman underwent combined phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation and 23-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy for a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in the right eye. Endolaser photocoagul...