title: The vitreous in retinal arterial occlusions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether retinal arterial occlusion induces posterior vitreous detachment (PVD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Vitreous condition was studied retrospectively and examined on biomicroscopy in 52 eyes with retinal arterial occlusion; 50 fellow eyes served as controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 52 eyes with retinal arterial occlusion 27 (52%) had PVD; 25 (50%) of the 50 control eyes had PVD. There was no significant difference between the two groups in prevalence of PVD. Of the 41 patients observed for more than 1 year, PVD developed in 2 (5%) patients from each group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings strongly suggest that retinal arterial occlusion does not influence the development of PVD clinically.
authors: Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Hikichi
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Fujio
authors: C L
authors: CL
authors: Trempe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*