Spontaneous Separation of a Secondary Macular Epiretinal Membrane.

Chung, In Young; Koh, Hyoung Jin; Park, Jong Moon

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2002;43(9):1812-1815.
Published online September 1, 2002.

Spontaneous Separation of a Secondary Macular Epiretinal Membrane.

In Young Chung, Hyoung Jin Koh, Jong Moon Park

Department of Ophthalmology College of Medicine Gyeongsang National University, Korea. jmpark@gshp.gsnu.ac.kr

황반부 망막전막의 자연 분리 1례

정인영 ( In Young Chung ) , 고형진 ( Hyoung Jin Koh ) , 박종문 ( Jong Moon Park )

Abstract

PURPOSE
To report a young girl with spontaneous separation of an epiretinal membrane and notable visual recovery. METHOD: We experienced a 13-year-old girl with decreased visual acuity of left eye. We diagnosed secondary epiretinal membrane associated with chorioretinitis on macula. RESULT: She had spontaneous improvement in corrected visual acuity of left eye from 0.2 to 0.8 attributable to spontaneous separation of an epiretinal membrane more than 2 years after it was diagnosed. CONCLUSION: Conservative treatment can be considered in young patients with epiretinal membrane because spontaneous separation may occur and result in improvement of visual acuity.