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| Macular
hole is a common cause of visual morbidity, usually
affects older females |
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| Symptoms |
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| Loss of central vision |
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| Distortion of the letters |
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| Fundus examination shows |
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| Yellow foveolar spot or perifoveal
ring with loss of the foveal depression. |
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| Round punched-out area surrounded
by a halo of retinal detachment and multiple yellow
deposits at the level of the RPE within the hole. |
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| Fundus
Fluorescein Angiogram |
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| Corresponding area of hyperfluorescence
resulting from unmasking of background choroidal fluorescence
caused by a RPE (Retinal Pigment Epithellium) defect. |
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| Treatment |
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| Early stage of macular hole
does not require any treatment |
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| Advanced stage needs Vitrectomy
with Intra ocular gas injection. |
