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vitreomacular traction syndrome
Epidemiology:
- 0.225% of population
Pathology:
- incomplete posterior vitreous detachment
- persistently adherent vitreous exerting tractional pull on the macula
- morphologic alterations
- visual impairment
Clinical manifestations:
- Onset & progression generally gradual
- blurred vision
- metamorphopsia
- micropsia
- scotoma
- difficulty reading
Special laboratory:
- optical coherence tomography Manaqement:
- vitreolysis with ocriplasmin
- eye surgery
- surgical release of vitreous attachment & resolution of both anteroposterior & tangential traction by means of pars plana vitrectomy combined with epiretinal membrane peeling
General
retinal disease
syndrome
References
- EyeWiki: Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome
http://eyewiki.aao.org/Vitreomacular_Traction_Syndrome