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R W Kimball

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Cystoid macular edema after cryotherapy.

A 50-year-old man developed cystoid macular edema five weeks after cryotherapy of acute retinal tears. The cystoid edema cleared spontaneously, but ultimately the fovea developed wrinkling of the internal limiting membrane.

Cryosurgery↗

Amaurosis fugax caused by a prolapsed mitral valve leaflet in the midsystolic click, late systolic murmur syndrome.

A 28-year-old man had recurrent episodes of amaurosis fugax of eight years' duration and had a congenital, late systolic mitral insufficiency murmur with the characteristics of the midsystolic click, late systolic murmur syndrome. The ophthalmologist must consider the clinical entity of the midsystolic click, late systolic murmur syndrome in the differential diagnosis of amaurosis fugax, especially when such attacks occur in young patients.

Adult↗