Posterior Vitreous Detachment

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By J. Sebag, MD, FACS, FRCOphth, FARVO
VMR Institute for Vitreous Macula Retina
Uploaded on Sep 1, 2020.
Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Sep 1, 2020.

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Appears in: Vitreous
Condition/keywords: posterior vitreous detachment
Description: Left: Preset lens biomicroscopy of PVD in the left eye of a subject with a widely dilated pupil. The detached posterior vitreous cortex is seen (arrows) as is the optic disc and retinal vasculature (upper left). (courtesy of C. L. Trempe MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) [Sebag J: Vitreous – in Health & Disease Springer, New York, 2014; image © Springer Nature, reprinted with permission] Right: B-scan ultrasonography of PVD images the detached posterior vitreous cortex with a visible Weiss Ring.