title: Posterior vitreous detachment and idiopathic preretinal macular gliosis.
abstract: A prospective study of 78 eyes with idiopathic preretinal macular gliosis disclosed that 74 of the 78 (95%) had posterior vitreous detachments at the time of the initial examination. A second prospective study of 34 eyes with acute posterior vitreous detachment showed preretinal macular gliosis in three eyes (9%) initially (zero to seven days) and in 14 eyes (41%) after an 18-month follow-up period. These two studies indicated that posterior vitreous detachment may play a role in the development of idiopathic preretinal macular gliosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005911:Gliosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D014822:Vitreous Body