Macular edema is a frequent manifestation of diabetic retinopathy and an important cause of impaired vision in individuals with diabetes (Klein et al., 1984; Moss et al., 1998). The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy (WESDR), a population-based study in southern Wisconsin, estimated that after 20 years of known diabetes, the prevalence of diabetic macular edema (DME) was appr...

Diabetic macular edema is the most common cause of visual impairment in patients with diabetes mellitus. The pathogenesis of macular edema is complex and multifactorial. For many years, laser photocoagulation has been considered the standard therapy for the treatment of diabetic macular edema; however, few patients achieve significant improvements in visual acuity. Today the intravitreal admini...

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...

Purpose: To assess the association between the features of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fluorescein angiography (FA) in clinically significant diabetic macular edema. Materials and Methods: It was an observational, cross-sectional study conducted at Upgraded Department of Ophthalmology, S.M.S Hospital and Medical College, Jaipur. It involved 181 eyes (100 patients) with clinically sig...

The introduction of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) has improved the clinical value for assessment of the eyes with macular disease. This article reviews the advances of SD-OCT for the diagnostic of various macular diseases. These include vitreomacular traction syndrome, cystoid macular edema/diabetic macular edema, epiretinal membranes, full-thickness macular holes, lamel...

Diabetic retinopathy is one of the major complications of diabetes and is a leading cause of vision impairment and blindness. Approximately 75% of persons suffering from type 1 diabetes develop retinopathy, while approximately 50% of persons with type 2 diabetes may develop retinopathy, and approximately 25% of persons with diabetes may develop macular edema [1]. Diabetic macular edema (DME) is...

We review the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and etiology of cystoid macular edema (CME). Inflammatory, diabetic, post-cataract, and macular edema due to age-related macular degeneration is described. The role of chronic inflammation and hypoxia and direct macular traction is evaluated in each case according to different views from the literature. The different diagnostic methods for evaluating...