Peripheral retinal neovascularization in sarcoidosis.
Three black patients with peripheral retinal sea fan neovascularization were found to have sarcoidosis. The periphlebitic process may be the cause of stasis, hypoxia, and a secondary vasoproliferative stimulus. We noted the peculiar finding of a vessel passing through the neovascular tissue into the peripheral retina. This feature may help in the differential diagnosis.
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*