Features of proliferative process in patients with diabetic retinopathy

Abstract

We present two atypic clinical cases of ?middle? proliferation in patients with proliferative stage of diabetic retinopathy. Both patientsunderwent hospitalization in Department of diabetic retinopathy and ophthalmic surgery of Endocrine Research Centre, Moscow.We conducted full-scale endocrine and ophthalmologic examination, including A/B scanning.?Middle? proliferation in diabetic retinopathy should be considered a severe disorder and managed in conjunction of endocrine andophthalmologic approaches. Adequate and timely compensation of diabetes mellitus combined with vitreoretinal surgery may substantiallyimprove prognosis in such patients and reduce the risk of incapacitation.

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• diabetic retinopathy
• middle proliferation
• neovascular glaucoma