| Titel | Epiretinal membrane maculopathy and poor visual function in childhood |
| Doel | Description of two cases of epiretinal membrane (ERM) maculopathy responsible for poor visual function in children |
| Methodes | Retrospective observational case series of 2 young patients with an ERM maculopathy leading to abnormal visual function at an early age |
| Resultaten | Macular epiretinal membrane is an uncommon pathology in childhood, most frequently associated with traumatic or uveitic causes. More rarely, it can be associated with neurofibromatosis type 2 (with or without a retinal pigment epithelium hamartoma) or persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous. In the absence of the aforementioned causes, as in our two cases, the diagnosis is idiopathic ERM maculopathy |
| Conclusie | ERM maculopathy is rare in children and may be idiopathic. Its presence can explain failure of a well conducted anti-amblyopia treatment. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a useful and powerful tool to highlight an ERM maculopathy unrevealed by simple ophthalmoscopy |
| Naam | BUISSERET |
| Initialen | D |
| Instituut | Departement of ophthalmology, Hôpital Erasme |
| Stad | Brussels |
| Naam | Depasse |
| Initialen | F |
| Instituut | Departement of ophthalmology, Hôpital Erasme |
| Stad | Bussels |
| Naam | Serpe |
| Initialen | JN |
| Instituut | Departement of ophthalmology, HUDERF |
| Stad | Brussels |
| Naam | Cordonnier |
| Initialen | M |
| Instituut | Departement of ophthalmology, Hôpital Erasme |
| Stad | Brussels |