title: Secondary epiretinal membrane after blunt trauma.
abstract: Electron microscopic study of a surgically removed epiretinal membrane secondary to blunt trauma disclosed the membrane to be hypocellular and lined by internal limiting membrane on the external surface and by a layer of fibrocytes and myofibrocytes on the internal surface. The membrane was composed predominantly of new collagen. Occasional fibrous astrocytes, rare macrophages, and no blood vessels were present.
authors.affiliation: Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: de la Cruz
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015865:Racquet Sports / Q000293:injuries*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*