title: Cataract-related acute vitreomacular traction syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the acute and transient (within 10 days) presentation of vitreomacular traction following routine cataract surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a case series of 5 patients with no evidence of posterior vitreous detachment preoperatively who presented with acute vitreomacular traction following routine cataract surgery. All patients presented the first postoperative day with dramatically reduced visual acuity. The patients underwent optical coherence tomography and if necessary fundus fluorescein angiography. Images were suggestive of vitreomacular syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all 5 cases, there was spontaneous resolution of the traction within 10 days. The latter was probably related to the development of posterior vitreous detachment due to the uncomplicated cataract surgery. In 2 cases there were significant retinal pigment epithelium changes and decreased retinal thickness following the resolution of the traction leaving permanent metamorphopsia and slightly decreased visual acuity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cataract-related acute vitreomacular traction is a rare phenomenon and not well-recognized; however, it resolves spontaneously within 10 days.
authors.affiliation: Second Ophthalmology Department, Athens University, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Panagiotidis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karagiannis
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Theodossiadis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alonistiotis
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charonis
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tsoumbris
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vergados
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome; D000267:Tissue Adhesions; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*