title: The role of the vitreous in diabetic macular edema.
abstract: The authors assessed retrospectively clinical records of 76 patients (125 eyes) 60 years of age or older with diabetic retinopathy who had undergone a vitreous examination. The groups consisted of 105 eyes (63 patients) with macular edema and 20 eyes (13 patients) without macular edema. Vitreous studies were done using the El Bayadi-Kajiura lens to determine whether or not the posterior vitreous was attached to the retina in the macula. Twenty-one of 105 eyes (20.0%) in the edema group and 11 of 20 eyes (55.0%) in the no-edema group had a detached posterior vitreous. This difference was found to be statistically significant, indicating that diabetic cases without macular edema have a significantly higher rate of posterior vitreous detachment than those with macular edema. This study demonstrates that the vitreous may play a role in diabetic macular edema.
authors.affiliation: Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation, Boston, MA 02114.
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Nasrallah
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Jalkh
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Coppenolle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kado
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Trempe
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McMeel
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Schepens
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*