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Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122:404-406.

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An abnormal vitreous and aberrant vitreoretinal traction are significant factors in the development of cicatricial changes and poor outcomes in neonates with retinopathy of prematurity. Late complications of retinopathy of prematurity (ie, retinal tears or rhegmatogenous retinal detachment) have also been described and these, too, can be attributed to an abnormal vitreoretinal relationship.¹ Tasman and Brown² observed that progressive visual loss may be noted in adult retinopathy of prematurity without a definitive clinical cause. Tangential vitreoretinal traction was speculated to result in cystoid macular edema or compromised photoreceptors with resulting pigmentary disturbances and visual deterioration.² Herein we report our observations in a similar case of adult retinopathy of prematurity and with the aid of optical coherence tomography note that subclinical tractional retinal detachment may be the cause of visual loss in at least some of these cases.

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A 29-year-old woman had been delivered at gestational age 28 weeks with a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Saad Shaikh, MD; Michael T. Trese, MD
Royal Oak, Mich

Corresponding author: Michael T. Trese, MD, 3535 W 13 Mile Rd, Suite 632, Royal Oak, MI 48073 (e-mail: mgjt46@aol.com).

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