Cystoid macular edema is a condition that involves the macula, caused by an accumulation of extracellular fluid in the macular region with secondary formation of multiple cystic spaces. This condition is provoked by a variety of pathological conditions such as intraocular inflammation, central or branch retinal vein occlusion, diabetic retinopathy and most commonly following cataract extraction...

Though glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness all around the world, it is also caused due to various disorders like Cystoid macular edema (CME), and Symptomatic exudates-associated derangements (SEAD). These are caused due to excessive accumulation of fluids within the retinal layers. Hence automations in diagnosis of fluid volume plays a key role I the treatment of such disorders. O...

A 28 year-old man presented with sudden visual loss in his left eye. Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/400 in the left eye. Fundus examination showed a whitish retinal lesion of the superotemporal quadrant involving the supero-temporal retinal vein branch with mild vitritis. Fluorescein angiography confirmed active retinochoroidal inflammation (black arrow) with del...

BACKGROUND Macular edema is a common complication of uveitis and represents a therapeutic challenge, especially in children. Recently, intravitreal dexamethasone implants have been shown to decrease intraocular inflammation and to control uveitic macular edema in patients with non-infectious intermediate or posterior uveitis. FINDINGS An 11-year-old boy with bilateral granulomatous idiopathic...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To assess the role of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the evaluation and follow-up after vitrectomy for diabetic macular edema. MATERIALS AND METHODS The 18 eyes of 12 patients affected by presumed diabetic vitreous-induced macular edema underwent biomicroscopy with a Goldmann contact lens, fluorescein angiography, and OCT. RESULTS OCT revealed two patterns of...

ABSTRACT This report aims to describe the effectiveness of a unilateral intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®) used for treatment cystoid macular edema in patient with recurrent intermediate uveitis. Bearing mind adverse effects prolonged use systemic corticosteroids, objective here was provide less damaging form intervention, and also demonstrate safety patients who fail respond convent...

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We read the article by Pelosini et al. with interest. This article concludes that the volume of residual retinal tissue between the outer and inner plexiform layers predicts 80% of the visual acuity in eyes with cystoid macular edema secondary to diabetes and uveitis. Recently, we and many other authors reported a correlation of visual acuity with the inner segment/outer segment (IS/OS) junctio...

PURPOSE To find a predictor in the pathogenesis of macular edema, we investigated ocular and systemic risk factors. METHODS One hundred and fifty-nine patients with mild diabetic retinopathy who showed one or more soft exudates were recruited. We selected the possible predictors on the basis of relevant factors, including concentration of vascular endothelial growth factor, interleukin-6 (IL-...

PURPOSE To determine the correlation between renal dysfunction and the morphologic changes of macular edema in diabetes. METHODS The current study included 93 patients with diabetic macular edema based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) who completed systemic condition testing one month before or after the OCT. Based on the OCT findings, patients were divided into the following five groups...