Vitreous Changes in Retinal Branch Vein Occlusion

To the Editor. —Dr Brooks and colleagues 1 raised the question as to whether the vitreoretinal relationship can be used as an indicator of the risk for progression in an eye with retinal branch vein occlusion (RBVO). We reported the vitreous findings in a group of 50 eyes with RBVO and compared these findings with those of an age-matched control group. 2 As Brooks and coworkers suggest, our findings were similar to those reported later in our diabetic patients. 3 The incidence of partial vitreous detachment was significantly higher (22%) in the RBVO group than in the control group (2.2% ) ( P