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The subject of this presentation is a peculiar disease process which may develop around the vitreo-retinal border structures. It consists pathologically of a cellular proliferation on the inner retinal surface (GLOOR, 1969a, b, c). This is a proliferation of cells in or at the border of a cavity which is usually practically free of cells, except for a few monocytes, which the so-called hyalocytes really are (GLOOR, 1973). I shall try to show on the hand of a few selected cases that there exists any transitional stage between the single postoperative macular pucker or postcoagulative epiretinal fibrosis and massive preretinal retraction. Finally, I shall leave you with some questions which, I hope, could show in which direction pertinent further research on this disease should be guided.
This investigation was supported by the’ schweizerischer Nationalfonds’, Grant Nr. 3.859.72.
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Gloor, B.P. (1976). Macular Fibrosis and Massive Preretinal Retraction. In: Deutman, A.F. (eds) New Developments in Ophthalmology Nijmegen 16–18 October 1975. Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1569-1_15
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