title: Larger and near-term baby retinopathy: a rare case series.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report retinopathy in a series of four babies unusually beyond the screening standards reported so far in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  During routine screening for retinopathy of prematurity, we detected retinopathy in four babies who were surprisingly bigger and older than the screening standards. The gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW), post menstrual age at first examination and significant perinatal events were noted. The retinopathy details imaged by the RetCam were classified as per ICROP revisited standards.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The GA ranged from 36 to 39 weeks and BW from 2.4 to 3.0 kg. Three of them had retinopathy in zone III that regressed spontaneously and one had marked plus with vascular arcades and shunts in zone II that regressed after laser photocoagulation. All of them had fetal distress and multiple systemic comorbidities in the neonatal period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report makes one aware of the possibility of retinopathy in newborn of older GA and larger BW especially with fetal distress and stormy neonatal course.
authors.affiliation: Retina-Vitreous Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Padhi
authors.affiliation: Retina-Vitreous Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.affiliation: Srimati Kanuri Santhamma Centre for Vitreoretinal Diseases, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jalali
authors.affiliation: Infosys Pediatric Center, Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.affiliation: Retina-Vitreous Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kesarwani
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Unit, Jagannath Hospital, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Retina-Vitreous Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.affiliation: Retina-Vitreous Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suttar
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D047929:Term Birth