J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1995 Apr;36(4):713-718.

Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy Involving One Family

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  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

The familial exudative vitreoretinopathy is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease and shows abnormalities of the retina and vitreous. It affects both eyes in most cases, but the involvement is often asymmetric. Thus it is important to screen familial members carefully, since they may have only mild, nonprogressive changes in the retinal periphery. It is important to know family history of the disorder and history of prematurity or oxygen supplementation, since the clinical features are most similar to retinopathy of prematurity. The authors experienced three cases of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy in a 2-year-old girl with cryotherapy and her father and her brother with asymptomatic familial exudative vitreoretinopathy that has retinal vascular avascular zone of peripheral retina.

Keyword

Avascular zone; Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy; One family

MeSH Terms

Child, Preschool
Cryotherapy
Fathers
Female
Humans
Oxygen
Retina
Retinaldehyde
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Siblings
Oxygen
Retinaldehyde
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