Abstract
RETROLENTAL fibroplasia1 is characterized by blindness due to the formation of an opaque membrane behind the lens. It usually occurs in infants born prematurely with a birth weight of about 1.3 kg. (3 pounds) or less. The number of cases has greatly increased in the last ten years, and the disease has become, in some regions, a major cause of blindness among preschool children.2 It has been described as a primary disease of the retinal blood vessels, which become tortuous and dilated and proliferate. The process commonly goes on to neovascularization, detachment of the retina and the formation of a . . .
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