Beatty S, Harrison R J, Roche P
Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, City Hospitals National Health Service Trust, UK.
Am J Ophthalmol. 1997 Apr;123(4):557-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70188-6.
To report a previously undescribed cause of bilateral macular hole formation.
Case report.
Septic emboli were noted at the center of the macula in both eyes of a 32-year-old man with acute bacterial endocarditis. Bilateral full-thickness macular holes later developed at the site of these retinal lesions.
This case represents the first report of fundus lesions in septicemia resulting in full-thickness macular hole formation.