five morphologically distinguishable cell types were observed in 56 epiretinal and vitreous membranes obtained surgically from eyes with various ocular diseases : ( 1 ) retinal pigment epithelial ( rpe ) cells that were evident only in association with retinal detachment , ( 2 ) ( macrophages , ( 3 ) fibrocytes , ( 4 ) fibrous astrocytes that were characteristic of all disease groups , and ( 5 ) myofibroblast-like cells that had mostly the characteristics of fibrocytes and , occasionally , of rpe cells or fibrous astrocytes .
C0015392
ocular
C0035305
retinal detachment