Case Report: Exacerbation and Spontaneous Separation of the Epiretinal Membrane Following Laser Photocoagulation of a Vasoproliferative Tumor of the Retina

Frontiers in Medicine

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Junliang Wang¹  Yan Li¹  Zhiqing Chen¹  Shelan Liu⁴  Li Zhang¹  Luyao Tong⁵  Yujie Jia¹ 

[1] Eye Center of Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University;Ningbo Eye Hospital;Hangzhou Linping Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine;Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention;Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Ningbo University;Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Shaoxing Shangyu Women and Children Hospital

关键词: vasoproliferative tumor of the retina;    epiretinal membrane;    laser photocoagulation;    spontaneous separation;    case report;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2022.770689

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The present report concerns a rare vasoproliferative tumor of the retina (VPTR) combined with a severe case of secondary epiretinal membrane (ERM). A 56-year-old male patient was diagnosed with VPTR and secondary ERM of the left eye. The patient underwent two rounds of laser photocoagulation (LP) of the tumor. The exacerbation of the ERM was observed after the first round of LP, while spontaneous separation over the five-month follow-up period was noted after the second round of LP. Thus, LP may represent a viable alternative treatment approach for VPTR combined with severe ERM.

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