Catalog

Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy

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Link to WHO Definition

Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1344358838

Exudative vitreoretinopathy is a rare vitreoretinal dystrophy characterised by prematurely interrupted blood vessel development in the peripheral retina. In its typical form, large portions of avascular retina in the temporal periphery are associated with arteriovenous anastomoses and neovascular proliferations around the ischaemic area, a peripheral temporal fibrovascular mass, and a peculiar pattern of retinal vessels (vessels stretch toward temporal periphery making an acute angle as they leave the optic disk).