Fig. 8. Gross pathology specimen of an eye of an 85-year-old patient with a posterior vitreous detachment. An epipapillary membrane has been avulsed and is suspended in the posterior hyaloid. The inset shows details of the epipapillary ring. (Foss RY: Anatomic and pathologic aspects of the vitreous body. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 1973;77:171)