1. Persistent vasa hyaloidea propria/retinae in familial exudative vitreoretinopathy
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Yoshihiro Yonekawa and Eric D. Gaier
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medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathies ,Retina ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Retinal Diseases ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,Humans ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Fetus ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Vasa hyaloidea propria ,urogenital system ,Retinal detachment ,Infant ,Retinal Vessels ,Retinal ,Vitreoretinal surgery ,medicine.disease ,Fluorescein angiography ,eye diseases ,Vitreous Body ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy ,cardiovascular system ,Female ,sense organs ,business - Abstract
The vasa hyaloidea propria, a component of the fetal hyaloidal vasculature, is characterized by multiple persistent fetal vasculatures branching into the vitreous. We present a 4-month-old girl with stage 4 familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, with multiple ectopic retinal vessels extending into the vitreous, confirmed with fluorescein angiography, which was consistent with persistent vasa hyaloidea propia/retinae making contact with the retina. The patient underwent vitreoretinal surgery to address the retinal detachment, during which the patent stalks of the persistent vasa hyaloidea propia/retinae were transected. more...
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- 2020