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Title

Epiretinal membrane maculopathy and poor visual function in childhood

Purpose	Description of two cases of epiretinal membrane (ERM) maculopathy responsible for poor visual function in children
Methods	Retrospective observational case series of 2 young patients with an ERM maculopathy leading to abnormal visual function at an early age
Results	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
Conclusion	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

Author 1

Last name	BUISSERET
Initials	D
Department	Departement of ophthalmology, Hôpital Erasme
City	Brussels

Author 2

Last name	Depasse
Initials	F
Department	Departement of ophthalmology, Hôpital Erasme
City	Bussels

Author 3

Last name	Serpe
Initials	JN
Department	Departement of ophthalmology, HUDERF
City	Brussels

Author 4

Last name	Cordonnier
Initials	M
Department	Departement of ophthalmology, Hôpital Erasme
City	Brussels