title: Monolateral idiopathic cyst of the vitreous.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors describe the case of a 58-year-old female patient that came to their observation for recurrent episode of transient blurred vision due to an idiopathic monolateral vitreal cyst localised in the posterior vitreous in the left eye.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patient evaluation included: best corrected visual acuity, slit-lamp examination, vitreo-retinal biomicroscopy, ultrasound examination, ultrabiomicroscopy, fluorescein angiography.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors review the literature including the most recent reports regarding this rare condition.
authors.affiliation: University of Rome La Sapienza, Institute of Ophthalmology, Italy. c.balacco@caspur.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cruciani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santino
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Salandri
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology