Table 1 Nomenclature used by various authors to describe the two types of preretinal tissue associated with LMHs
Author | Tomographic appearance | |
|---|---|---|
Irregular hyperreflective layer attached intermittently to retina and associated with tractional signs | Thick homogenous material of medium reflectivity universally adherent to retina, no traction | |
Witkins et al. [2] | ERM | Thick ERM |
Parolini et al. [5] | Tractional ERM | Dense ERM |
Bottoni et al. [6] | Normal ERM | Thicker ERM |
Pang et al. [7] | Conventional ERM | Lamellar hole-associated epiretinal proliferation (LHEP) |
Schumann et al. [8] | Typical tractional ERM | Atypical epiretinal tissue |
Govetto et al. [4] | Tractional ERM | Nontractional epiretinal proliferation |
dell’Omo et al. [9] | Standard ERM | LHEP |