PHOTO MONTAGE III: NPDR
HERE IS YET ANOTHER PATIENT WITH DIABETIC RETINOPATHY - NON PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY (NPDR) TO BE EXACT. NOTE THE 'DOT AND BLOT' HEMORHAGES IN BOTH EYES AS WELL AS 'GHOST CAPILLARIES' IN BOTH MACULAS. (click to enlarge)BELOW ARE LATE PHASE ANGIOGRAPHIC MONTAGES OF EACH EYE.

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IT IS TYPICALLY A PRETTY GOOD IDEA TO 'LOOK AROUND' DURING THE ANGIOGRAPHY OF THE DIABETIC PATIENT TO CHECK FOR N.V.E. (NEO-VASCULARIZATION ELSEWHERE). THESE NEW BLOOD VESSELS ARE UNSTABLE AND TEND TO 'LEAK' IN THE EYE. IN SPITE OF THIS PATIENT'S MASSIVE CAPILLARY DROP-OUT (DARK, FLAT-LOOKING AREAS OF THE ANGIOGRAM), THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY N.V.E. PRESENT