Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Premature Male Infant
A premature male infant was born at 30 weeks’ gestation with a birth weight of 1,700 g in a rural hospital. He was diagnosed with respiratory distress syndrome and received continuous positive airway pressure treatment for 26 days. At 26 days after birth, the patient was transferred to our hospital...
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doaj-0eefe89c5753417ea6258a865315ad542020-11-24T23:50:05ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Ophthalmology1663-26992017-07-018239640010.1159/000478694478694Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Premature Male InfantJun ZhouZheng LiuHai-Yan YingTao LiuA premature male infant was born at 30 weeks’ gestation with a birth weight of 1,700 g in a rural hospital. He was diagnosed with respiratory distress syndrome and received continuous positive airway pressure treatment for 26 days. At 26 days after birth, the patient was transferred to our hospital for further evaluation and management. A comprehensive eye examination revealed a stage 3 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) involving zone 2 in both eyes. The patient was recommended to a provincial-level eye hospital for emergency laser therapy. Five months after birth, the feedback from the eye hospital showed that the patient had a high risk of blindness in both eyes. Our case report shows that delaying first screening examination increases the possibility of developing aggressive posterior ROP in infants with ROP. Doctors in rural hospitals should be aware of this possibility and trained for early screening and treatment in high-risk infants.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/478694Retinopathy of prematurityPremature infantBlindness |
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Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Premature Male Infant |
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Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Premature Male Infant |
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Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Premature Male Infant |
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Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Premature Male Infant |
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Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity in a Premature Male Infant |
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aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity in a premature male infant |
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Karger Publishers |
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Case Reports in Ophthalmology |
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1663-2699 |
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2017-07-01 |
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A premature male infant was born at 30 weeks’ gestation with a birth weight of 1,700 g in a rural hospital. He was diagnosed with respiratory distress syndrome and received continuous positive airway pressure treatment for 26 days. At 26 days after birth, the patient was transferred to our hospital for further evaluation and management. A comprehensive eye examination revealed a stage 3 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) involving zone 2 in both eyes. The patient was recommended to a provincial-level eye hospital for emergency laser therapy. Five months after birth, the feedback from the eye hospital showed that the patient had a high risk of blindness in both eyes. Our case report shows that delaying first screening examination increases the possibility of developing aggressive posterior ROP in infants with ROP. Doctors in rural hospitals should be aware of this possibility and trained for early screening and treatment in high-risk infants. |
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Retinopathy of prematurity Premature infant Blindness |
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