Angiographic evidence of peripheral ischemia in diabetic retinopathy and the risk of impending neovascularisation.

Can J Diabetes

Department of Ophthalmology, St James's University Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom. Electronic address:

Published: February 2015

The appearance of biomicroscopic evidence of neovascularisation is the main indication for scatter laser treatment in patients with known diabetic eye disease. We describe a patient with an unusually aggressive variant of proliferative disease and a distinct angiographic signature. In an interventional case report with angiographic findings, we found that angiographic evidence of extensive capillary dropout in patients with known diabetic retinopathy should translate into a low threshold for panretinal photocoagulation treatment based on a high risk for progression to sight-threatening proliferative disease. Angiography may be a useful adjunct in stratifying patients with diabetic eye disease according to risk. Those with extensive ischemia, even without neovascularisation, should be considered for early panretinal photocoagulation.

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