The authors relate an uncommon case of macular hole following electric burn. They describe an uncommon physiopathology, which is different from traumatic and idiopathic macular hole.
(A) Fundus photography of the right eye showing a circumscribed yellow-orange choroidal mass located along the inferotemporal vascular arcade. (B) Optical coherence tomography (OCT) demonstrating a dome-shaped choroidal mass with subretinal fluid, retinal pigment epithelium alterations, cystoid macular edema, and outer retinal damage.
DamascenoNAP, DamascenoEF, HorowitzSA, Amaral FilhoOMB. Macular hole following electric burn. Rev Bras Oftalmol. 2008;67(5):247-9.
Damasceno,Nadyr Antonia Pereira; Damasceno,Eduardo de França; Horowitz,Soraya Alessandra; Amaral Filho,Octavio Moura Brasil do. Macular hole following electric burn. Rev Bras Oftalmol., v. 67, n. 5, p. 247-249, Oct. 2008.
Damasceno,N.A.P., Damasceno,E.F., Horowitz,S.A., & Amaral Filho,O.M.B. (2008). Macular hole following electric burn. Rev Bras Oftalmol.,67(5), 247-249.
Damasceno,Nadyr Antonia Pereira and Damasceno,Eduardo de França and Horowitz,Soraya Alessandra and Amaral Filho,Octavio Moura Brasil do. Macular hole following electric burn. Rev Bras Oftalmol. [online]. 2008, vol. 67, n. 5, [cited 2026-10-23], pp.247-249. Available from: <https://www.rbojournal.org/en/article/macular-hole-following-electric-burn/>. ISSN 0034-7280.
