Patients with diabetes mellitus who undergo cataract surgery can be prone for macular edema post-operatively.Aimof this study wasto compare thickness in diabetics and non-diabetics, pre post using SD-OCT. A Cohort of 50 diabetic non-diabetic patients presented to ophthalmology out patient department, aged 50–70 years underwent assessment SD–OCT surgery. The showed a steady increase time non-dia...

Pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME) is a common complication following cataract surgery. Acute PCME may resolve spontaneously, but some patients will develop chronic macular edema that affects vision and is difficult to treat. This disease was described more than 50 years ago, and there are multiple options for clinical management. We discuss mechanisms, clinical efficacy, and adverse eff...

PURPOSE To present unique cystoid changes occurring in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis observed in spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS Forty-six patients (80 eyes) with a diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis, who underwent volume OCT examination between January 2005 and October 2012, were retrospectively collected. Review of clinical examination findings, fundus photog...

BACKGROUND Angiogenesis is a contributing factor in some retinal diseases, hence the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) as a common pathway in proliferative retinopathies. Bevacizumab has been found to be effective in the treatment of these diseases. The aim of this study was to review all cases of intravitreal bevacizumab given in the retinal unit of the University College Hospi...

BACKGROUND To compare the effects of laser photocoagulation combined with subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide with photocoagulation alone, for diabetic cystoid macular edema. METHODS This retrospective comparative study analyzed data for 34 eyes with cystoid macular edema treated with photocoagulation alone (n=17) or combined with triamcinolone (n=17). All patients were followed for...

BACKGROUND The influence of serous retinal detachment (SRD) on retinal sensitivity in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and macular edema remains unclear. This is despite the frequent co-existence of SRD and cystoid macular edema (CME) in BRVO patients on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and the fact that CME is the most common form of macular edema secondary to BRVO. We inve...

We encountered a patient with cystoid macular edema (CME) secondary to paclitaxel use. A 57-year-old man presented with gradual decreased bilateral vision. His chemotherapeutic regimen consisted of bevacizumab, paclitaxel (175 mg/m(2) for 5 months), and carboplatin. Optical coherence tomography imaging revealed bilateral CME greater than 500 µm. However, one year later, visual acuity was improv...

Pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME) is the most common complication of cataract surgery, leading in some cases to a decrease in vision. Although the pathogenesis of PCME is not completely understood, the contribution of postsurgical inflammation is generally accepted. Consequently, anti-inflammatory medicines, including steroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, have been postulat...

purpose : to compare the 6-months anatomic and best corrected visual acuity (bcva) responses after primary intravitreal bevacizumab (ivb intravitreal avastin) and ivb plus macular photocoagulation (mpc) in diabetics with clinically significant macular edema (csme) methods : in this interventional randomized clinical trial (rct) 40 diabetics (80 eyes) with bilateral csme and non-proliferative di...