title: Diabetic maculopathy induced by vitreo-macular traction: evaluation by optical coherence tomography (OCT).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the role and efficacy of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the evaluation of diabetic maculopathy induced by vitreo-retinal traction.
  
  
  METHODS
  12 patients affected by diabetic maculopathy induced by vitreo-retinal traction were examined using biomicroscopy with a three-mirror contact lens, fluorescein angiography (FA) and OCT scanning in order to identify the presence of a vitreomacular traction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  OCT revealed two patterns of maculopathy which were characterised by a thickening of the superior profile of the OCT tomogram or by the disappearance and inversion of the physiologic foveal depression respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  OCT may be useful in the characterisation and monitoring of diabetic maculopathy induced by vitreo-retinal traction.
authors.affiliation: Eye Institute, University of Ancona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mariotti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ripa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery