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To the left: Color photograph of the fundus of the left eye of case 1 of the Nd:YAG laser treated group: A) At presentation; B) Immediately after Nd:YAG laser treatment; C) 1 week after treatment. To the right: Color photograph of the fundus of the right eye of the same case: D) At presentation; E) Immediately after Nd:YAG laser treatment.
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Consequential Nd:YAG laser hyaloidotomy was performed in the left eye followed by the right resulting in complete clearance of both macular areas (Figure 1).
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Color fundus photographs of case 2 of the Nd:YAG laser treated group: A) An extended premacular subhyaloid hemorrhage; B) After puncture with the Nd:YAG laser, outflow of the entrapped blood is visible; C) After about 1 week, all hemorrhage has drained into an inferior vitreous cistern; D) The macula is clearly exposed and a macroaneurysm in the temporal inferior vascular area is visible.
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Clearance of hemorrhage showed a retinal macroaneurysm in the temporal inferior vascular area as the underlying cause (Figure 2).
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Color photograph of the fundus of case 3 of the Nd:YAG laser treated group: A) At presentation; B) 1 week after treatment by Nd:YAG laser; C) 4 weeks after treatment by Nd:YAG laser. Note increasing vitreous haze due to dispersion of blood into the vitreous gel; D) Final appearance after clearance of vitreous haze.
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A Nd:YAG laser posterior hyaloidotomy was performed, and it allowed clear visualization of the posterior pole with improvement of visual acuity to its premorbid level 20/60 (Figure 3).