Irvine (I953) emphasized that macular degeneration was a major complication in cataract extraction. Gass and Norton (I966) described the appearance of aphakic cystoid macular oedema as shown by fluorescein angiography in patients who experienced a fall in visual acuity 4 to I2 weeks after cataract extraction. Gass and Norton (i 969) showed that, while the oedema settled in 6 months in 50 per ce...

Chronic intraocular inflammation such as chronic uveitis can lead to cystoid macular oedema, papilloedema, and vitreous opacities temporarily or permanently reducing visual acuity. Chronic uveitis has usually been treated by topical or systemic application of steroids. Topical treatment, however, often has not been sufficiently effective to suppress intraocular inflammation and to reduce cystoi...

PURPOSE To report a case of diabetic macular edema with prominent chorioretinal folds. CASE REPORT This study involved a 55-year-old male with untreated bilateral diabetic retinopathy who had undergone cataract surgery at another clinic. Following that surgery, diabetic macular edema rapidly exacerbated, accentuating marked cystoid macular edema and radial chorioretinal folds in the macula. I...

Chronic intraocular inflammation such as chronic uveitis can lead to cystoid macular oedema, papilloedema, and vitreous opacities temporarily or permanently reducing visual acuity. Chronic uveitis has usually been treated by topical or systemic application of steroids. Topical treatment, however, often has not been sufficiently effective to suppress intraocular inflammation and to reduce cystoi...

BACKGROUND Healed cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in the setting of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is complicated by inflammatory sequelae and vision loss. AIM To determine the long term visual outcome of AIDS patients with CMV retinitis who received HAART. METHODS 90 eyes of 63 consecutive AIDS patients with extramacular CMV retinitis were studied prospectively. RESULTS Imm...

BACKGROUND Docetaxel is a chemotherapeutic agent of the taxane class of drugs for the treatment of breast cancer. We present a female patient who noted decreased vision after docetaxel treatment. CASE PRESENTATION A 45-year-old female patient received docetaxel treatment after resection of a breast carcinoma. Funduscopy and optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed cystoid macular edema on bo...

PURPOSE To evaluate retinopathy associated with interferon therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C. METHODS One hundred patients with chronic hepatitis C undergoing interferon therapy were examined for the presence of cotton wool spots, retinal hemorrhages, cystoid macular edema, capillary non-perfusion, and arteriolar occlusion. Complete ophthalmological examination including indirect o...