Eye

Retina

Nodular & massive retinal gliosis



Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 24 December 2020

Copyright: 2004-2024, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

PubMed Search: Massive retinal gliosis

Nat Pernick, M.D.
Page views in 2023: 331
Page views in 2024 to date: 113
Cite this page: Pernick N. Nodular & massive retinal gliosis. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyeretinamassiveretinalgliosis.html. Accessed March 29th, 2024.
Definition / general
  • Relatively uncommon
  • Large elevated scar near disc and posterior pole after hemorrhage or inflammation
  • Polyclonal - not a neoplasm
Case reports
Microscopic (histologic) description
  • Vitreous body replaced by massively proliferating spindle cells containing fibrillary cytoplasm but no nuclear atypia
Positive stains
Back to top
Image 01 Image 02