A clinical, fluorescein angiographic, and electron microscopic correlation of cystoid macular edema.
Electron microscopic findings in an eye removed from a woman who had biomicroscopic and angiographic signs of cystoid macular edema occurring in association with a peripheral choroidal melanoma disclosed evidence that the anatomic basis for the biomicroscopic and angiographic changes was the polycystic expansion of the extravascular compartment of the retina by serous exudate and not, as previously reported, edema of the Mueller's cells.
D000368:Aged; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012160:Retina / Q000648:ultrastructure*