ROLE OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IN EVALUATION OF PSEUDOPHAKIC CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA (ON THE BASIS OF CLINICAL CASES)

Pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (PCME) is one of the reasons that reduces the vision significantly after the cataract surgery. One of the modern non-invasive imaging detections and response in treatment for pseudophakic cystoid macular edema is OCT. In this study, 2 clinical cases of PCME were described after the cataract surgery, the efficacy of OCT examination was evaluated before the treatment and the follow up examination after the treatment. Although the first clinical case did not have any risk factors, it was recorded that the second clinical case had a risk factor of diabetic retinopathy. In both of the cases OCT detected that the central retinal thickness was increased (in accordance with 400μm and 800 μm). In the first case only medical treatment, but in the second case medical treatment with i/v bevacizumab was injected. In both cases, in response to treatment, restoration of vision and the normalization of macular thickness was detected by OCT. As a result, we believe that OCT plays a big role in evaluating the response treatment with local, oral and invasive benefit when is appropriate for PCME.