Eye
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Nodular & massive retinal gliosis
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 24 December 2020
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PubMed Search: Massive retinal gliosis
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Definition / general | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Positive stainsCite this page: Pernick N. Nodular & massive retinal gliosis. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyeretinamassiveretinalgliosis.html. Accessed December 23rd, 2024.
Definition / general
- Relatively uncommon
- Large elevated scar near disc and posterior pole after hemorrhage or inflammation
- Polyclonal - not a neoplasm
Case reports
- 32 year old woman born with bilateral microphthalmia (Hum Pathol 2005;36:702)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Vitreous body replaced by massively proliferating spindle cells containing fibrillary cytoplasm but no nuclear atypia
