Retinal Reactive Astrocytic Tumor (Focal Nodular Gliosis): The Entity Also Known as Vasoproliferative Tumor

Ascribing the best name to a biologic process not only allows for accurate determination of its pathogenesis, but also enables discovery and application of appropriate treatment. This is particularly true in the age of molecular medicine. These iterative name changes often coincide with histopathologic and molecular diagnostic interpretations of clinically described entities. As has occurred many times in the past, such as for the retinal tumors retinoblastoma and hemangioblastoma, a name change is currently underway for the retinal tumor reactive retinal astrocytic tumor (focal nodular gliosis), formerly known as vasoproliferative tumor [1, 2, 3