title: [Posterior vitreous detachment and cystoid macular oedema post-cataract surgery: a case report].
abstract: The posterior vitreous detachment consists in the separation between the posterior vitreal cortex and internal limiting membrane of the retina. This is the peak of the vitreal para-physiological age-related modifications. This problem occurs in 6% of normal people of age between 45 and 65 years and in 65% of individuals between 65 and 85 years. Several elements can be responsible for vitreous modifications, such as senility, myopia, aphakia, pseudophakia, diabetes, degeneration vitreous retinal hereditary, traumatisms, inflammation. A 75 year old male patient has come to our attention for a left eye cataract. He has undergone to a series of OCT: the first before surgery showed a perifoveal vitreous detachmen; the following ones until six months after surgery put in evidence the DPV progression accompanied by EMC, relating it with visual symptomatology. Therefore, OCT is a useful tool for a clinical analysis but also for the contribution to research concerning the pathogenesis of diseases due to vitreo-retinal modification.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Oftalmologiche, I Facolta' di Medicina e Chirurgia, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy. romualdo.malagola@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malagola
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ganino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Carlesimo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guerriero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giannotti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D020255:Vitreous Detachment / Q000209:etiology*