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¹Yrd. Doç. Dr., Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Göz Hastalıkları, Afyonkarahisar - TÜRKİYE
²Asist. Dr., Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Göz Hastalıkları, Afyonkarahisar - TÜRKİYE Cystoid macular edema (CME) can develop due to a variety of causes. It is also known that some medications can cause CME. Antiglacomatous agents from the group of prostaglandin analogues are among of these medications. A-82 year-old man with primary open angle glaucoma followed in our glaucoma department developed vision loss 3 months after the addition of a prostaglandin analog agent to his current anti-glaucoma treatment. An epiretinal membrane (ERM) and CME was diagnosed after optical coherence tomographic investigation. Although established ERM could be accused for CME, prostaglandin analog was discontinued because of development of visual symptoms 3 months after starting the prostaglandin analog, and his vision started to improve with recovery of CME beginning 1 week after discontinuation. Our case was presented here, because CME might be treated in other ways in case of failure to correct evaluation of the clinical picture and its importance for this reason. Keywords : Cystoid macular edema, epiretinal membrane, prostaglandin analog