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

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Epiretinal membrane
• histopathology
• neurofibromatosis
• pediatric
• surgical outcome of pediatric vitrectomy