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Arch Ophthalmol. 2002;120:661-663.

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INTRODUCTION

Eyes with large macular holes have poor visual acuity and poor visual function in general. A previous report¹ indicated that visual acuity of better than 20/50 was observed in only 1% of eyes that had a macular hole larger than 400 µm with no posterior vitreous detachment. We report a case with large bilateral macular holes, 1800 µm in vertical diameter in the right eye and 1500 µm in the left eye. The visual acuity was surprisingly good, ie, 20/40 OU, and the stereoacuity was 50 seconds with the Titmus stereo test. The possible reason for this good visual outcome is discussed.

Report of a Case

A 33-year-old woman was referred to our department with bilateral macular holes. She had first noticed a small scotoma about 2 years previously and experienced a gradual decrease in visual acuity. She had no personal or family history of ocular disease and did not use any medications.

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Comment

Corresponding author and reprints: Masumi Takeda, MD, PhD, Department of Ophthalmology, Asahikawa Medical College, Midorigaoka-Higashi 2-1-1-1, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan (e-mail: masumi@asahikawa-med.ac.jp).