RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Vitreoretinal reactions and persistent hyaloid vessels.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 829
OP 834
DO 10.1136/bjo.60.12.829
VO 60
IS 12
A1 F H Stefani
A1 W A Laszczyk
YR 1976
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/60/12/829.abstract
AB In cases with persistent primary vitreous in full-term infants there were vitreoretinal reactions including vitreoretinal anastomoses of blood vessels, vitreoretinal strands, traction folds of the retina, avascular retinal areas, hypoplasia of retinal blood vessels, rarefaction of retinal ganglion cells, and ischaemic structural changes of the retina. New vessel formation on the surface of avascular retinal areas was supplied from persistent hyaloid blood vessels. This finding may be of some importance in explaining those cases histologically resembling classical retrolental fibroplasia with no history of prematurity or oxygen treatment.