A Case of Postpartum Macular Hole in a Young Woman.

Kim, Byoung Seon; Kim, Byung Jae; Han, Yong Seop; Park, Jong Moon; Chung, In Young

doi:2015.56.3.463

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc > Volume 56(3); 2015 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2015;56(3):463-465.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2015.56.3.463 Published online March 15, 2015.

A Case of Postpartum Macular Hole in a Young Woman.

Byoung Seon Kim, Byung Jae Kim, Yong Seop Han, Jong Moon Park, In Young Chung

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. inyoung@gnu.ac.kr
²Gyeongsang Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.

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김병선¹⋅김병재¹⋅한용섭^1,2⋅박종문^1,2⋅정인영^1,2

경상대학교 의학전문대학원 안과학교실¹, 경상대학교 건강과학연구원²

Abstract

PURPOSE
To describe a case of macular hole (MH) in a 29-year-old non-myopic woman after uncomplicated delivery. CASE SUMMARY: A 29-year-old woman visited our clinic complaining of decreased visual acuity in her left eye after uncomplicated delivery. Fundoscopy and optical coherence tomography showed a full thickness macular hole in the left eye. However, we found not posterior vitreous detachment or vitreomacular traction in the posterior pole. The patient underwent pars plana vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling, and SF6 gas tamponade. Three months after vitrectomy, the patient's visual acuity was improved and the macular hole was closed successfully. CONCLUSIONS: We experienced and treated a case of postpartum MH developed in a young woman without posterior vitreous detachment or vitreomacular traction in the posterior pole. This suggests another mechanism of MH formation. Postpartum MH was successfully treated by existing idiopathic macular hole surgery.

Key Words: Postpartum macular hole;Vitrectomy