Diabetic Retinopathy

Question 1

In diabetic retinopathy, cotton wool spots represent areas of what?

Answer 1

areas of retinal infarction

Question 2

Cotton wool spots are areas of retinal infarction seen in where?

Answer 2

pre-proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Question 3

small round or oval holes that typically occur in the peripheral retina and are present in around 5% of the population are indicative of what?

Answer 3

Atrophic retinal holes

Question 4

Retina will appear separated from the normal structure of the eye is indicative in…

Answer 4

Retina Detachment

Question 5

large bullous separation between the retina and the normal structure of the eye is indicative in …

Answer 5

rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Question 6

Patients typically present with an acute, unilateral, painful loss of vision.

The slit-lamp examination will show multiple focuses of retinal whitening and opacification with scalloped edges that become confluent.

This is indicative of what ?

Answer 6

Retinal Necrosis

Question 7

Appears as a tangle of new blood vessels that form in the retina.
What is this and what is it indicative of?

Answer 7

Retinal Neovascularisation, and this would be indicative of proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Question 8

fundoscopy findings of diabetic retinopathy

Answer 8

Cotton wool spots are associated with hypertensive and diabetic retinopathy.