J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
2002 Sep;43(9):1812-1815.
Spontaneous Separation of a Secondary Macular Epiretinal Membrane
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology College of Medicine Gyeongsang National University, Korea. jmpark@gshp.gsnu.ac.kr
Abstract
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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.
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