title: Resolution of diabetic cystoid macular edema associated with spontaneous vitreofoveal separation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report spontaneous resolution of diabetic cystoid macular edema (CME) associated with spontaneous vitreofoveal separation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was performed on three eyes of three diabetic patients with CME before and after vitreofoveal separation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all three eyes, OCT showed cystic changes at the fovea with a slightly detached posterior hyaloid, which remained attached to the optic disk and the fovea. After spontaneous separation of the hyaloid at the fovea, there was resolution of the cystic cavities and restoration of the foveal depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In some eyes of diabetic patients, CME is caused by a vitreous traction. Resolution of CME may occur after spontaneous vitreofoveal separation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. yamame@showa.gunma-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kishi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007368:Interferometry; D008027:Light; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014054:Tomography / Q000379:methods; D020255:Vitreous Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*