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. 2021 May 25;12(2):130–137. doi: 10.4103/tjo.tjo_27_20

Table 1.

Summary of articles

Author/years Eye affected Age Gender Time of presentation Visual acuity at presentation Findings at presentation Follow-up and treatment
Campo and Lewis, 1984[32] OD 15 Female 2 weeks 0.46 logMAR (20/50) Cyst at macula MH with surrounding cystic changes at macula. Foveal RPE WD on FFA
Handa and Jaffe 1994[33] OD
OS
25 Male 5 weeks 1.0 logMAR (20/200)
0 logMAR (20/20)
OD - cysts
OS - solar-like maculopathy
OS - MH at 5 months
OU - 14 months- Macular RPE changes, resolution of hole and cysts
OU - cataract surgery
Lagrèze et al., 1995[7] OD
OS
13 Male 4 days 0.18 logMAR (20/30)
0.48 logMAR (20/60)
OU- missing FR, RPE defects at macula, retinal folds OU - central yellow-white lesion with orange discoloration at RPE
WD on FFA, EOG - reduced amplitude , ERG - normal OU
Augustin et al., 1995[34] OD
OS
43 Male 6 weeks 0.3 logMAR (20/40)
0.7 logMAR (20/100)
Target-like alterations at fovea.
FFA-WD
OD-decreased scotopic ERG, EOG-1.6
8 months; OD-scotopic ERG -reduced amplitude; photopic ERG-WNL; OU-decreased dark adaptation
Augustin et al., 1995[34] OS 60 Male 2 months 0.3 logMAR (20/40) Target-like alterations at fovea
FFA - parafoveal WD
8 months, decreased night vision
Espaillat et al., 1999[16] OD
OS
30 Male 1 week 0.7 logMAR (20/100)
1.0 logMAR (20/200)
OD- PVD, MH
OS- PVD, MH, rhegmatogenous RD
OS- underwent vitrectomy + FGE + sclera buckling
Recurrence of RD at 1 month
Yi et al., 2001[31] OD
OS
32 Male 10 days HM
1.0 logMAR (20/200)
OD-peripapillary retinal edema
ERG OD-extinguished scotopic blue flicker, reduced scotopic white 30-Hz flicker
OS-reduced photopic and scotopic ERG
PVER-reduced amplitude in OS
50 mg prednisolone/day for 4 days and multivitamins
After 13 days OD-20/200, OS-20/100
Lee et al., 2002[10] OS 14 Male 2-3 weeks 0.46 logMAR (20/50) Serous macular detachment MH at 2 weeks
Spontaneous closure of hole at 3 months, ERM
Lee et al., 2002[10] OD
OS
13 Male 5 weeks CF
0.48 logMAR (20/60)
OD - PVD, cherry red spot due to CRAO
OS - mild macular edema
OU - reduced flow in CRA on orbital Doppler
OD - MH at 12 weeks, underwent MH repair + IOL implantation
OS- cataract surgery + IOL
Lin et al., 2002[35] OS 39 Male 2 days 0.46 logMAR (20/50) OS - missing FR, WD at fovea on FFA 3 months - macular RPE mottling, decrease in ERG amplitude, decrease in EOG amplitude and Arden ratio
Cataract surgery
Moon et al., 2005[36] OD
OS
20 Female 1 month 0.6 logMAR (20/80)
0.54 logMAR (20/70)
OU - cysts at macula
WD on FFA
1 year - OU resolution of cysts, RPE pigmentary changes
OU - cataract surgery
Rivas-Aguiño et al., 2006[37] OD
OS
14 Female 2 months 0.48 logMAR (20/60)
1.3 logMAR (20/400)
OU - cystic changes at fovea on OCT Observation. Follow up OCT- NA
Rao et al., 2009[4] OD
OS
16 Female 0.6 logMAR (20/80)
0.18 logMAR (20/30)
OU - MH, RPE hyperpigmentation in periphery
FFA - OU macular WD
NA
Armstrong et al., 2010[15] OS 29 Female 3 days 0.48 logMAR (20/60) Dull FR, OCT - double U shaped inner foveal contour with elevation of IS-OS junction 2 weeks-peripheral pigmentary changes, 3 weeks- loss of central PR, cysts, disruption of IS - OS junction, loss of RPE. 4 months - resolution of CME, loss of RPE, thinning of NSR
Stefaniotou et al., 2012[38] OD 60 Male 1 day 0.48 logMAR (20/60) OD - white fluffy lesion at posterior pole, OCT - PR thinning, RPE unevenness 5 months - OCT - small parafoveal cysts, recovery of PR layer and RPE changes
Dhillon and Gupta, 2015[39] OD 77 Female 2 weeks 0.46 logMAR (20/50) Macular edema Observation and NSAIDS. MH at 2 months-advised surgical intervention.
Liu et al., 2016[40] OD Early 20s Female 4 days 0.46 logMAR (20/50) OCT-subtle irregularity of the outer retinal layers, most notably nasal to fovea 2 weeks-vision 20/100, OCT-intraretinal cystoid spaces, subfoveal EZ disruption; 7 weeks-decreased cystoid spaces, small subfoveal hyporeflective space and further loss of outer retinal layers in nasal macula; 4 months-subfoveal hyporeflective space in inner retina, restoration of outer retina
Rishi et al., 2016[41] OS 40 Male 10 months 0.18 logMAR (20/30) LMH on OCT, peripheral RPE alterations Status quo after 1 year
Harris et al., 2019[42] OD
OS
58 Male 4 decades 0.09 logMAR(20/25)
NPL
OU-disc pallor, choroidal atrophy

CF=Counting finger, CRA=Central retinal arteries, CRAO=Central retinal artery occlusion, CME=cystoid macular edema, EOG=Electro-oculogram, EZ=Ellipsoid zone, ERG=electroretinogram, FFA=Fundus fluorescein angiography, FR=Foveal reflex, FGE=Fluid-gas exchange, IOL=Intraocular lens, LMH=Lamellar macular hole, MH=Macular hole, NA=Not available, NSR=Neurosensory retina, NPL=No, NSAID=Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, OS=Oculus sinister, OD=Oculus dextrus, OU=Oculus unitas, PL=Perception of light, PR=Photoreceptors, PVD=Posterior vitreous detachment, PVER=Pattern visual evoked response, RD=Retinal detachment, RPE=Retinal pigment epithelium, WD= Window defects, WNL=within normal limits