Is vasoproliferative tumour (reactive retinal glioangiosis) part of the spectrum of proliferative vitreoretinopathy?

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1851-1858

  Hiscott, P ^a,b   Mudhar, H ^c  

^a School of Veterinary Science University of Liverpool Leahurst Campus   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Massive retinal gliosis; Reactive retinal glioangiosis; Retinal pigment epithelial cells; RPE; Vasoproliferative tumour

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENUCLEATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; REACTIVE RETINAL GLIOANGIOSIS; RETINA TUMOR; SPECTRUM; STRABISMUS; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349200942     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.351     Document Type: Article

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