SUBRETINAL FIBROVASCULAR PROLIFERATION IN RETINAL ARTERITIS WITH MULTIPLE ANEURYSMAL DILATATIONS - A CASE-REPORT

A 14-year-old boy with bilateral retinal arteritis with multiple aneur ysmal dilatations complicated by secondary macular subretinal fibrovas cular proliferation and epimacular membrane formation is described. Th is complication has not been previously reported in this rare disorder . Systemic steroid and immunosuppressive therapy did not change the co urse of the disease. Improvement of macular edema and subretinal exuda tion was achieved following pars plana vitrectomy, posterior hyaloid d issection and epiretinal membrane removal.