title: Diagnosis and detection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate features of macular edema assessed by optical coherence tomography (OCT)and other imaging tools such as infrared, blue retinography and autofluorescence, and fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) in different pathologic conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  The principal causes of macular edema were reviewed to evaluate its aspect in each pathology. Correlations between OCT and other imaging techniques were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Optical coherence tomography and other imaging tools allowed the authors to confirm the existence of different macular edema patterns for different pathologies and to describe their characteristics; in particular, some conditions, like idiopathic macular telangiectasias and age-related maculopathy, were found to present specific edema patterns.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simultaneous use of different imaging techniques allowed a better evaluation and follow-up of conditions causing cystoid macular edema.
authors.affiliation: Eye Clinic, Department of Clinical Science Luigi Sacco, Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. giovanni.staurenghi@unimi.it
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Staurenghi
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Invernizzi
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Polo
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pellegrini
mesh_terms: D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007208:Indocyanine Green