Some considerations about the diabetic macular edema

Abstract

The presence of the retinal edema is defined as an increase of liquid at histological level that causes swelling of the retina. Also, some fundamental aspects of the diabetic macular edema are exposed, such as pathophysiology, classification, epidemiologic risk factors, diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords

• edema macular diabético, edema macular extracelular, edema macular intracelular, angiografía, retinopatía diabética.