Paediatrics

ROP-like disorders

Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy

  • Autosomal dominant (or X-linked)
  • Asymmetrical, bilateral
  • Abrupt cessation of peripheral retinal vessels at the equator
  • Vitreous bands in the periphery
  • Retinal ischaemia leads to fibrovascular membrane, retinal folds, macular ectopia (dragging of the retina temporally), retinal detachment,…
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Retinopathy of prematurity