IntJOphthalmol,Vo1.10,No.12,Dec.2010www.U0.cnTel:02941224517283085628Email:IJO.2000@163.corn·Originalarticle·ChronicmacularedemaassociatedwithextrafovealvitreoretinaltractionAaronTrevino1.MichaelRMartinez1.AvinoamOphirl,DivisionofOphthalmology,Hillel-YaffeMedicalCenter,Hadera,IsraelTheRuthandBruceRappaportFacultyofMedicine,TheTechnion,Haifa,IsraelCorrespondenceto:AvinoamOphir.DivisionofOphthalmology,Hillel—YaffeMedicalCenter,Hadera,Israe1.ophthalmology@hy.health.gov.ilReceived:2010—09·08Accepted:2010—11·16Abstract·AIM:TodescribeanassociationbetweenextrafoveaIvitreoretinaltractionandchronicmacularedema.eitherdifuse(DiME)orcystoid(CME),bytheuseofopticalcoherencetomography(OCT).·METHODS:ChartsandOCTfindingsoftwopatientswithpersistentDiMEorpersistentDiMEaccompaniedbyCME.bothassociatedwithextra