Neovascular Medusa: A Bad Hair Day at the Optic Disc

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    Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
    Condition/keywords
    proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), Neovascularisation at the Disc (NVD), fibrovascular proliferation, Diabetic Retinopathy
    Photographer
    Dr. Shraddha Raj Shrivastava
    Imaging device
    Scanning laser ophthalmoscope
    Nidek Mirante SLO/OCT (Confocal scanning/Spectral domain OCT
    Description
    Left eye pseudocolor fundus photo of 67 year old male, diagnosed with both eyes proliferative diabetic retinopathy, showing hair-like fronds of active neovascularisation at the disc (NVD) extending into the vitreous, giving the medusa-head appearance. There is a band of fibrovascular proliferation nasal to the disc, with presence of hard exudates and dot hemorrhages at the macula.

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