title: Vitreopapillary traction: cost-effective diagnosis by optical coherence tomography.
abstract: METHODS
  A prospective, noncomparative, observational case series. Three patients, aged 76 to 81, all referred to subspecialty services for evaluation of optic disc elevation, and all were found to have optic disc (vitreopapillary) traction as verified by optical coherence tomography.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vitreopapillary traction is a recently recognized syndrome characterized by incomplete posterior vitreous detachment. The use of optical coherence tomography is helpful in the diagnosis of this syndrome, preventing many costly, unwarranted evaluations.
authors.affiliation: Retina Service, Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE 68198-5540, USA.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Margalit
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000473:pathology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013577:Syndrome; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000191:economics*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*; D020255:Vitreous Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000473:pathology*