Franco Benvenuto, MD » Retinopathy of Prematurity

Mar 31 2022 by Franco Benvenuto, MD

A 9-year-old male, that was born at 30 weeks of gestation with birth weight of 1500 g and history of hospitalization for 20 days with respiratory distress and packed red blood cell transfusion for anemia. At the first exam, both eyes were with stage 4B ROP. Vitrectomy with 25 G was done in both eyes. The flat fibrosis dragged the macula nasally in both the eyes.

Photographer: Franco Benvenuto, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Universidad de Guadalajara, México.

Condition/keywords: cicatricial retinopathy of prematurity, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)