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cystoid macular edema

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cystoid macular edema,
thickening of the macula with cystic changes, increased fluid within the sensory retina of the macula, and disruption of the blood-retinal barrier and consequent leakage on fluorescein angiography, with leaking capillaries in the posterior pole and around the optic disc, often a result of cataract surgery.


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Use of bevacizumab (Avastin) can benefit diabetic patients with macular edema as well as people who develop cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery.
Tso's patent claims the use of astaxanthin across a wide range of eye diseases including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic neuropathy, cystoid macular edema, central retinal arterial and venous occlusion, glaucoma and inflammatory eye diseases such as retinitis, uveitis, iritis, keratitis and scleritis, all disease states common to eye insult by oxidative species such as free radicals.
Total atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium was noted on the right and cystoid macular edema was present on the left.
 
 
 
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