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RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA

RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: —There is, at present, enough confusion on the disease entity "retrolental fibroplasia" in the literature. Unfortunately, in my opinion, this is being further added to by the use of the term "coloboma," which has appeared in a recent article, in the June 1949 issue of the Archives.Paul, in "Blood Groups and Effects of Roentgen Irradiation in Retrolental Fibroplasia," writes (page 664, case 7): "... a falciform fold of the retina in each eye. There was a coloboma of the optic nerve in the left eye." The author stated that he saw a coloboma. It is quite possible that he did. However, I doubt it, for I have watched several of these enlarged optic disks develop. It is my belief that they occur in the majority of cases of retrolental fibroplasia and that they represent a regular stage of the disease. They can be observed especially in those http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA

Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: —There is, at present, enough confusion on the disease entity "retrolental fibroplasia" in the literature. Unfortunately, in my opinion, this is being further added to by the use of the term "coloboma," which has appeared in a recent article, in the June 1949 issue of the Archives.Paul, in "Blood Groups and...
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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1949 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0003-9950
eISSN
1538-3687
DOI
10.1001/archopht.1949.00900050856011
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: —There is, at present, enough confusion on the disease entity "retrolental fibroplasia" in the literature. Unfortunately, in my opinion, this is being further added to by the use of the term "coloboma," which has appeared in a recent article, in the June 1949 issue of the Archives.Paul, in "Blood Groups and Effects of Roentgen Irradiation in Retrolental Fibroplasia," writes (page 664, case 7): "... a falciform fold of the retina in each eye. There was a coloboma of the optic nerve in the left eye." The author stated that he saw a coloboma. It is quite possible that he did. However, I doubt it, for I have watched several of these enlarged optic disks develop. It is my belief that they occur in the majority of cases of retrolental fibroplasia and that they represent a regular stage of the disease. They can be observed especially in those

Journal

Archives of OphthalmologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Dec 1, 1949

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