A clinicopathological case of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) treated by peripheral cryopexy.
A baby born at 25 weeks gestation with a birth weight of 800 g who suffered from severe respiratory distress syndrome with metabolic acidosis is described. Active retinopathy of prematurity, stages II and III, was found in the right eye at the age of 1 month and in the left eye a month later. Both eyes were treated by peripheral cryopexy. The pathological examination showed that cryopexy was effective in preventing progression of the retinopathy to cause severe cicatrisation.
D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*