Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre, MD » Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Aug 23 2012 by Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre, MD

Fundus photograph of the left eye of a 45 year-old patient with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Several microhemorrhages and cotton-wool spots are seen. A small subhyaloid hemorrhage is also observed.

Photographer: Noemí Hernández, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México

Aug 23 2012 by Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre, MD

Fundus photograph of the left eye of a 45-year-old patient with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Several microhemorrhages and cotton-wool spots are seen. A small subhyaloid hemorrhage is also observed.

Photographer: Noemí Hernández, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México

Condition/keywords: cotton wool spots, microhemorrhages, subhyaloid hemorrhage

Aug 23 2012 by Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre, MD

Fluorescein angiogram of a left eye of a 45-year-old patient with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Small hyperfluorescent dots are observed (microaneurysms), as well as blockage from a subhyaloid hemorrhage.

Photographer: Noemí Hernández, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México

Condition/keywords: microaneurysms, subhyaloid hemorrhage

Aug 23 2012 by Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre, MD

Fluorescein angiogram of a left eye of a 45 year-old patient with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Small hyperfluorescent dots are observed (microaneurysms), as well as blockage from a subhyaloid hemorrhage. In the inferonasal area two areas of leakage secondary to neovascularization are observed.

Photographer: Noemí Hernández, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México

Condition/keywords: microaneurysms, neovascularization (NV), subhyaloid hemorrhage