title: Peripheral proliferative retinopathies.
abstract: Peripheral retinal neovascularization (i.e., new vessel growth peripheral to the major vascular arcades) may be secondary to a wide variety of ocular and systemic diseases. Vascular and inflammatory diseases in particular may cause peripheral neovascularization. Following a brief review of ocular angiogenesis, the various clinical entities that can cause peripheral retinal neovascularization are described. The diagnostic workup of a patient with peripheral proliferative retinopathy is outlined and techniques of treatment of the neovascularization (including feeder vessel technique, cryopexy, and panretinal photocoagulation) are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications; D000818:Animals; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000473:pathology*; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*