Exudative retinopathy of adults: a late sequela of retinopathy of prematurity.
The cases of 11 patients with a unilateral, retinal detachment associated with hard exudate and other late sequelae of retinopathy of prematurity are described. The abnormality was first noted in the second to fourth decades of life. Ten of the patients were women and one was a man. The source of the hard exudate was thought to be telangiectatic retinal vascular abnormalities. Among the ten treated eyes, four demonstrated an improvement in visual acuity. In two cases a mass lesion was also noted in the fundus.
Brown
M M
MM
Retina Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Brown
G C
GC
Duker
J S
JS
Tasman
W S
WS
Augsburger
J J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000150:complications*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy