TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical outcome and pathological findings in macular epiretinal membrane caused by neurofibromatosis type 2
AU - Kunikata, Hiroshi
AU - Nishiguchi, Koji M.
AU - Watanabe, Mika
AU - Nakazawa, Toru
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/3/31
Y1 - 2022/3/31
N2 - We present surgical outcomes in a 10-year-old Japanese girl with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2)–induced epiretinal membrane (ERM). Her right eye underwent lens-sparing 27-gauge microincision vitrectomy surgery (MIVS) with ERM peeling. Decimal best-corrected visual acuity increased from 0.3 to 0.4 postopera-tively. However, abnormal thickening of the macula persisted for 3 years. Staining of the extracted ERM revealed many cells positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein and nestin. Although removal of NF2-induced ERM with MIVS can improve visual acuity, the potential surgical risks require careful consideration on a case-by-case basis.
AB - We present surgical outcomes in a 10-year-old Japanese girl with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2)–induced epiretinal membrane (ERM). Her right eye underwent lens-sparing 27-gauge microincision vitrectomy surgery (MIVS) with ERM peeling. Decimal best-corrected visual acuity increased from 0.3 to 0.4 postopera-tively. However, abnormal thickening of the macula persisted for 3 years. Staining of the extracted ERM revealed many cells positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein and nestin. Although removal of NF2-induced ERM with MIVS can improve visual acuity, the potential surgical risks require careful consideration on a case-by-case basis.
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U2 - 10.5693/djo.02.2021.06.001
DO - 10.5693/djo.02.2021.06.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 35573141
AN - SCOPUS:85130039554
SN - 1542-8958
VL - 28
SP - 12
EP - 16
JO - Digital Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - Digital Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 1
ER -