title: Idiopathic choriovitreal membrane--a case report.
abstract: A case of a macular idiopathic choriovitreal membrane is described which developed in a diabetic man. On initial examination the patient was found to have a pigment epithelial detachment with a choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) in the right eye. Two months after the first visit the CNVM was seen to have penetrated the retina and presented as a choriovitreal membrane. Panretinal photocoagulation was applied after which the choriovitreal membrane demonstrated fibrotic involution. This case is unusual in that the choriovitreal membrane developed in the absence of a choroidal or retinal pigment epithelial disease process that may be associated with a CNVM as well as in the absence of previous macular laser treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hahnemann University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Sinclair
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Salmenson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008297:Male; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000098:blood supply*