Beginning Cystoid Macular Oedema Following Cataract Surgery (OCT)
Beginning Cystoid Macular Oedema Following Cataract Surgery (OCT)
Image showing optical coherence tomography of a beginning cystoid macular oedema, 2 months after of a regular cataract surgery. The OCT-image presents an accumulation of fluid in the paracentral retina due to leakage from dilated capillaries. The visual acuity was 0.9.
70 years of age, female, R/L secondary open angle glaucoma, cataract corticalis.
A cataract surgery was performed in January 2010 without any intraoperative complications. Two months after surgery we found a beginning cystoid macular edema with a decrease of visual acuity. After a therapy of topical steroids and systemic Carboanhydrase inhibitor the cystoid macular edema diminuished. The final visual acuity was 1.0.
Time Course Cystoid Macular Oedema Following Cataract Surgery
Michelson, Georg, Prof. Dr. med., Interdisciplinary Center of Ophthalmic Preventive Medicine and Imaging, Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Deutschland
