Cystoid macular edema is rarely observed secondary to paclitaxel treatment. A 55-year-old female patient was applied five cures of paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy after being diagnosed with metastatic ovarian cancer. The patient had a normal bilateral vision prior to the chemotherapy treatments. After the fifth cure, the patient complained of bilateral vision loss, which was more sever...

Pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME) is the most common complication following cataract surgery. In 1-3% of cases it is associated with a decrease in visual acuity. However, PCME has a good prognosis, persisting in only 10% of the patients beyond 2 years. The prophylactic therapy of eyes without additional disease with non-steroidal antiphlogistic drugs or steroids does not influence the f...

AIM To describe an association between extrafoveal vitreoretinal traction and chronic macular edema, either diffuse (DiME) or cystoid (CME), by the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS Charts and OCT findings of two patients with persistent DiME or persistent DiME accompanied by CME, both associated with extrafoveal vitreous traction membranes were analyzed. Excluded were eyes t...

Birdshot chorioretinitis (BSCR), an ocular autoimmune disease, is one of the most well-characterized posterior uveitis syndromes, with its strong HLA-A29 haplotype association and characteristic disease features (i.e., optic disc edema, periphlebitis, cystoid macular edema, and chorioretinal lesions leading to degenerative changes of the retina, choroid, and retinal pigment epithelium). The spe...