einstein (São Paulo). 01/May/2015;13(2):334-5.

Vitreomacular traction syndrome

Thiago Gonçalves dos Santos , Thomaz Gonçalves dos Santos , Ever Ernesto Caso , Ana Luiza Fontes de Azevedo

DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082015AI2979

NRS, a woman, 71-year-old, who born in São Paulo, Brazil, sought our care service complaining of progressive low visual and metamorphopsia in the right eyes (RE) for 3 months. She had no-history of comorbidities, ophthalmologic surgeries or eye diseases.

Upon examination her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/80 in the RE and 20/20 in the left eye. Funduscopy showed vitreous condensation in fovea region of the RE. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed vitreomacular traction due to partial posterior vitreous detachment that disorganized the fovea structure and formed an aspect of “camel-hump” associated with the presence of high-reflectivity membrane, generating moderate centripetal traction of the retina surface with preservation of external and internal lines of photoreceptors ().

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Vitreomacular traction syndrome
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