retinopathy of prematurity
MONDO:0006952Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names retinopathy of prematurity yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A bilateral retinopathy characterized by neovascularization, scarring, retinal detachment, and eventually blindness. It may be mild or severe. It occurs in babies born prematurely. Causes include oxygen toxicity and hypoxia.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006952), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
15 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal retinal vascular morphologyHPOHP:0008046
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Premature birthHPOHP:0001622
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Retinopathy of prematurityHPOHP:0500049
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Small for gestational ageHPOHP:0001518
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal macular morphologyHPOHP:0001103
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- AmblyopiaHPOHP:0000646
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- BlindnessHPOHP:0000618
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- CataractHPOHP:0000518
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- GlaucomaHPOHP:0000501
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- MyopiaHPOHP:0000545
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Reduced visual acuityHPOHP:0007663
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Retinal arteriolar tortuosityHPOHP:0001136
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
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- StrabismusHPOHP:0000486
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Tractional retinal detachmentHPOHP:0007917
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Vitreous hemorrhageHPOHP:0007902
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: retinopathy of prematurity
- Also called
- retrolental fibroplasiaROPTerry syndrome