Open AccessProliferative Diabetic Retinopathy and Hemovitreous: Red Flag for Blindness
Author(s) -
Jaume Catalá,
Silvia Muñoz
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the scientific world journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 2356-6140
pISSN - 1537-744X
DOI - 10.1100/tsw.2008.62
Subject(s) - flag (linear algebra) , diabetic retinopathy , medicine , blindness , retinopathy , diabetes mellitus , ophthalmology , retinal , optometry , endocrinology , algebra over a field , mathematics , pure mathematics
A 54-year-old male patient experienced sudden painless visual loss in his left eye. He had been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus 8 years prior with poor metabolic control. Diabetic retinopathy was diagnosed 2 years ago and was treated with mild scattered retinal photocoagulation.
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