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Case Reports
. 2013 May 4:2013:bcr2013009664.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009664.

Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy presenting with unilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a Malay teenager

Sue Ngein Leow  1 , Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion
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Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy presenting with unilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a Malay teenager

Sue Ngein Leow et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

To describe a case of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy presenting with unilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a Malay teenager.

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Figure 1
Fundus photograph of the right eye showing a myopic fundus with tilted disc, subtle macular dragging and straightening of vessels.
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Figure 2
Fundus photograph of the periphery of the right eye with ghost vessels marking the demarcation between vascular and avascular zone.
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Figure 3
Fundus fluorescein angiogram showing leaking periphery vessels and avascular zone at the superotemporal periphery of the right eye.
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Figure 4
Fundus fluorescein angiogram showing leaking periphery vessels and avascular zone at the inferotemporal periphery of the right eye.
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Figure 5
Photograph of the left fundus showing laser scars at periphery with retinectomy done temporally. The globe is filled with silicone oil.
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