PMID- 27198641
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170309
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1724-6016 (Electronic)
IS  - 1120-6721 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Jan 19
TI  - Comparison of macular findings due to vitreomacular traction alone or in 
      association with epiretinal membrane.
PG  - 86-92
LID - 10.5301/ejo.5000807 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: To evaluate the anatomical and functional findings in patients with 
      vitreomacular traction (VMT) alone or in combination with epiretinal membrane 
      (ERM). METHODS: In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, we studied 102 
      patients with VMT, either alone (n = 37) or combined with ERM (n = 65). All 
      patients were examined with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography 
      (SD-OCT). We recorded the vitreofoveal angle of VMT nasally and temporally, the 
      horizontal diameter of VMT, macular thickness, the presence, type, and location 
      of macular edema, the ellipsoid zone (EpsilonZeta)/external limiting membrane (ELM) 
      status, and the visual acuity. RESULTS: Patients with VMT combined with ERM 
      presented smaller vitreofoveal angle nasally and temporally, broader adhesion 
      diameter, and a greater extent of EZ defect compared to patients with VMT alone, 
      although there was no statistically significant difference in EZ and ELM 
      condition regarding the number of affected cases. There is also no statistically 
      significant difference between the 2 groups concerning the visual acuity. In the 
      majority of patients with VMT alone, cystoid macular edema was present mainly at 
      the foveal area. In cases where VMT coexisted with ERM, macular edema was mostly 
      found to be diffuse, while cystoid or mixed type, extending to the whole macular 
      area, was also present. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with VMT in association with ERM 
      have different characteristics in SD-OCT compared to those with VMT alone 
      regarding the type and location of macular edema, the extent of EZ defect, as 
      well as the vitreofoveal angle and the VMT diameter. Moreover, they presented 
      worse visual acuity compared to those with VMT alone, although the difference did 
      not reach statistical significance.
FAU - Chatziralli, Irini
AU  - Chatziralli I
AD  - 2 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens, Attikon Hospital, Athens - 
      Greece.
FAU - Theodossiadis, George
AU  - Theodossiadis G
AD  - 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens - Greece.
FAU - Grigoropoulos, Vlassis
AU  - Grigoropoulos V
AD  - 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens - Greece.
FAU - Datseris, Ioannis
AU  - Datseris I
AD  - OMMA Ophthalmological Institute, Athens - Greece.
FAU - Chatzirallis, Alexandros
AU  - Chatzirallis A
AD  - 2 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens, Attikon Hospital, Athens - 
      Greece.
FAU - Theodossiadis, Panagiotis
AU  - Theodossiadis P
AD  - 2 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens, Attikon Hospital, Athens - 
      Greece.
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160517
PL  - United States
TA  - Eur J Ophthalmol
JT  - European journal of ophthalmology
JID - 9110772
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Epiretinal Membrane/*diagnostic imaging/physiopathology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Macular Edema/diagnosis
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Observer Variation
MH  - Retinal Diseases/*diagnostic imaging/physiopathology
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Tissue Adhesions
MH  - Tomography, Optical Coherence/methods
MH  - Visual Acuity
MH  - Vitreous Body/pathology
MH  - Vitreous Detachment/*diagnostic imaging/physiopathology
EDAT- 2016/10/30 06:00
MHDA- 2017/03/10 06:00
CRDT- 2016/05/21 06:00
PHST- 2016/04/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/10/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/03/10 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/05/21 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 717D2518-73CB-4931-AF0F-BF5AB11D3F4F [pii]
AID - 10.5301/ejo.5000807 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jan 19;27(1):86-92. doi: 10.5301/ejo.5000807. Epub 2016 
      May 17.