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A patient with serous macular detachment associated with congenital optic nerve pit was successfully treated with pars plana vitrectomy, air-fluid exchange with internal submacular fluid drainage, endolaser, and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas injection.
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Supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service Grants EY07541 and EY02377 from the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Lee, K.J., Peyman, G.A. Surgical management of retinal detachment associated with optic nerve pit. Int Ophthalmol 17, 105–107 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00942784
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