Misleading axial length measurements with the IOLMaster due to a dense posterior vitreous surface membrane and a macular edema in a diabetic patient

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2013 Jan;251(1):387-9. doi: 10.1007/s00417-011-1852-0. Epub 2011 Nov 3.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Axial Length, Eye / pathology*
  • Basement Membrane / pathology*
  • Biometry
  • Diabetic Retinopathy / complications*
  • Diabetic Retinopathy / surgery
  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological / instrumentation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Macular Edema / diagnosis*
  • Macular Edema / etiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Phacoemulsification
  • Retinal Pigment Epithelium / pathology
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Visual Acuity
  • Vitrectomy
  • Vitreous Body / pathology*