Retinal vasoproliferative tumor.
Retinal vasoproliferative tumor is a rare disease that has capillary hemangioma as the most frequent diferential diagnosis. The tumor is considered to be of reactive nature. It can be idiophatic or secondary to other ocular diseases such as: uveitis, retinitis pigmentosa, sickle cell disease, previous surgery and retinopathy of prematurity. Lesions with no exsudation or visual decrease can be observed. Lesions that need treatment can be managed by on or more modalities such as cryotherapy, a variety of lasers, surgical excision, radiation, and antiangiogenic intravitreal injections.
Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador (BA), Brazil. eduardomarback@uol.com.br
Eduardo Ferrari
EF
Marback
Ricardo Leitão
RL
Guerra
Otacilio de Oliveira
Ode O
Maia Junior
Roberto Lorens
RL
Marback
D001918:Brachytherapy; D017679:Cryotherapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D015861:Retinal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*