Macular Hole Following Severe Hypertensive Retinopathy

Abstract

In both patients, no tissue growth factor was used to pharma¬ cologically assist in the closure of the macular hole. Although these two patients represent a limited experi¬ ence, patients with proliferative dia¬ betic retinopathy and a macular hole may have a poorer visual prognosis after hole closure than patients with idiopathic macular hole.

Macular Hole and Macular Detachment in Severe Hypertensive Retinochoroidopathy

“…2,3 The vitreous hemorrhage or exudation from the disc or retinal vessels could have induced contraction of the posterior vitreous cortex with subsequent tangential and/or anteroposterior vitreous traction on the fovea. Structural damage from edema, hemorrhage, and ischemia may have weakened the fovea and resulted in the formation of the macular hole.…”

Early-onset macular holes following ruptured retinal arterial macroaneurysms

“…Although most macular holes are idiopathic, they are occasionally associated with trauma, high myopia, and retinal vascular diseases such as proliferative diabetic retinopathy [1], hypertensive retinopathy [2], and congenital retinal arteriovenous communication [3]. A few studies have reported that rupture of a retinal arterial macroaneurysm might result in macular hole formation [4][5][6][7].…”

Macular hole formation after macular haemorrhage associated with rupture of retinal arterial macroaneurysm

“…MHs are also rarely associated with retinal vascular disease, such as proliferative diabetic retinopathy,5 hypertensive retinopathy6 and congenital retinal arteriovenous communication 7 8. With respect to retinal arterial macroaneurysm, only a few cases of MH associated with the rupture of a macroaneurysm have been reported 8 9 10 11 12 13.…”