Peripheral proliferative retinopathies.
The cases of 100 consecutive persons (156 eyes) seen with peripheral proliferative retinopathy were reviewed in a retrospective fashion. Associated systemic and ocular diseases included sickling hemoglobinopathies (49%), branch retinal vein obstruction (20%), diabetes mellitus (9%), sarcoidosis (4%), intravenous drug abuse (4%), the ocular ischemic syndrome (1%), pars planitis (1%), Coats' disease (1%) and retinitis pigmentosa/retinal detachment (1%). In ten (10%) patients no obvious cause for the development of new blood vessel growth could be ascertained.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000150:complications; D012171:Retinal Vessels; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications