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A preterm baby with gestational age 34 weeks, birth weight 1700 grams and post menstrual age 40 weeks

25 September 2023
Both eyes Zone 2 posterior Stage 3 plus Hybrid Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Courtesy of Dr. Akash Belenje, Vitreoretina Faculty, Anant Bajaj Retina Institute, Telengana, India & Mr. R. Ugandhar Reddy, Optometry Faculty, Anant Bajaj Retina Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Both eyes Zone 2 posterior Stage 3 plus Hybrid Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). Left eye looks more severe than right eye with looping and shunting of vessels temporally with few hemorrhages.

Both eyes Zone 2 posterior Stage 3 plus Hybrid Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Courtesy of Dr. Akash Belenje, Vitreoretina Faculty, Anant Bajaj Retina Institute, Telengana, India & Mr. R. Ugandhar Reddy, Optometry Faculty, Anant Bajaj Retina Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Baby was advised intravitreal anti-VEGF (anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor) injection in both the eyes on the same day. Post injection follow up at 1-week showed reduced plus disease, decreasing tortuosity of vessels and loops had opened, allowing the vessels to reach Zone 2 in both eyes. At 1-month follow-up the vessels had rapidly reached Zone 3.


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