title: 'Very late onset' cystoid macular edema.
abstract: Cystoid macular edema typically manifests 4 to 16 weeks after ocular surgery. It has only rarely been documented with an onset more than 2 years postoperatively. We report four patients who developed clinically significant cystoid macular edema between 7 and 16 years after initially successful surgery. Two patients had undergone intracapsular cataract extraction, one extracapsular cataract extraction, and one a scleral buckling procedure. Although such cases of "very late onset" cystoid macular edema are uncommon, it should be considered in patients who suffer visual loss many years after ocular surgery.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical School.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Holland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors