title: [A study of idiophatic vitreomacular traction syndrome with optical coherence tomography images: cases report].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the features of idiophatic vitreomacular traction syndrome (VMT) with ocular coherence tomography (OCT--Stratus), before and after vitrectomy; to identify situations where ocular coherence tomography provides additional information on disease morphology and pathogenesis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comparative retinal ocular coherence tomography imaging was performed in four patients with different stages of vitreomacular traction syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Standard-resolution ocular coherence tomography Stratus provides vitreous-retinal images that help the management and treatment of vitreomacular traction syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Standard-resolution ocular coherence tomography allows good visualization of the architectural morphology of the vitreous and retina in vitreomacular traction syndrome. It helps understanding its pathogenesis, planning its treatment, clinical or surgical, and evaluating retinal structural alterations after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. helioprimiano@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hélio Paulo
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Primiano Júnior
authors.forename: Aloísio Fumio
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Otacílio Oliveira
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Maia
authors.forename: Maria Teresa Brizzi
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bonanomi
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013577:Syndrome; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D020255:Vitreous Detachment / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*