Morphological effects of gas compression on the cortical vitreous
H. Lincoff, J. Horowitz, I. Kreissig and F. Jakobiec
We used scanning electron microscopy to study vitreous in normal and
perfluorocarbon gas-treated eyes of cynomolgus monkeys. The cortical
vitreous of the normal (control) eye appeared to be a lamellar structure
composed of sheets of collagen mesh. In the gas-treated eye there was
shrinking and tearing of the lamellae. At six and 12 weeks after gas
injection there was membrane formation at the edges of the torn lamellae.
