The question of macular hole: Avulsed epiretinal membrane shadowing artifact in optical coherence tomography testing

Retina

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-475

  Menke, Marcel N ^a,c,d   Kim, Eva C ^b,c,d   Bula, Deisy V ^b,c,d   Bertram, Kurt M ^c,d   Arroyo, Jorge G ^c,d  

^a Retina Associates Boston   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiretinal membrane; Imaging artifacts; Macular hole; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITRECTOMY; INJURY; RETINA; RETINA TEAR; RUPTURE;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETINA; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33745089000     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200604000-00017     Document Type: Article

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