2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
6 Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Part II: Pediatric Ophthalmology
Chapter 25: Disorders of the Retina and Vitreous
This chapter includes related videos, which can be accessed by scanning the QR codes provided in the text or going to www.aao.org/bcscvideo_section06.
This chapter focuses on retinal diseases that are most often diagnosed in the first 2 decades of life. These include retinopathy of prematurity, Leber congenital amaurosis, and retinoblastoma. Many of the topics covered in this chapter are also discussed in BCSC Section 12, Retina and Vitreous. See BCSC Section 4, Ophthalmic Pathology and Intraocular Tumors, for detailed discussion of tumors.
Congenital and Developmental Abnormalities
Persistent Fetal Vasculature
Persistent fetal vasculature is covered in Chapter 23.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 10 - Glaucoma. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.