Successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only café-au-lait spots

A 6-year-old boy diagnosed as anisometropic amblyopia, with only café-au-lait spots and a family history of neurofibromatosis, presented with decrease in vision in the both eyes. Dilated fundus examination showed epiretinal membrane in both eyes over the macula. He underwent successful surgical mana...

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Main Authors: Swetha Sara Philip, Thomas Kuriakose, Geeta Chacko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2017;volume=65;issue=6;spage=531;epage=533;aulast=Philip
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spelling doaj-8842adc1e9eb4d79becb0bf85f1317f42020-11-24T21:06:04ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47381998-36892017-01-0165653153310.4103/ijo.IJO_649_16Successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only café-au-lait spotsSwetha Sara PhilipThomas KuriakoseGeeta ChackoA 6-year-old boy diagnosed as anisometropic amblyopia, with only café-au-lait spots and a family history of neurofibromatosis, presented with decrease in vision in the both eyes. Dilated fundus examination showed epiretinal membrane in both eyes over the macula. He underwent successful surgical management of the epiretinal membrane.http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2017;volume=65;issue=6;spage=531;epage=533;aulast=PhilipEpiretinal membranehistopathologyneurofibromatosispediatricsurgical outcome of pediatric vitrectomy
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Geeta Chacko
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Thomas Kuriakose
Geeta Chacko
Successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only café-au-lait spots
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Epiretinal membrane
histopathology
neurofibromatosis
pediatric
surgical outcome of pediatric vitrectomy
author_facet Swetha Sara Philip
Thomas Kuriakose
Geeta Chacko
author_sort Swetha Sara Philip
title Successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only café-au-lait spots
title_short Successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only café-au-lait spots
title_full Successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only café-au-lait spots
title_fullStr Successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only café-au-lait spots
title_full_unstemmed Successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only café-au-lait spots
title_sort successful surgical management of bilateral epiretinal membrane in a child with only café-au-lait spots
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
issn 0301-4738
1998-3689
publishDate 2017-01-01
description A 6-year-old boy diagnosed as anisometropic amblyopia, with only café-au-lait spots and a family history of neurofibromatosis, presented with decrease in vision in the both eyes. Dilated fundus examination showed epiretinal membrane in both eyes over the macula. He underwent successful surgical management of the epiretinal membrane.
topic Epiretinal membrane
histopathology
neurofibromatosis
pediatric
surgical outcome of pediatric vitrectomy
url http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2017;volume=65;issue=6;spage=531;epage=533;aulast=Philip
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