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Diabetes mellitus may be associated with retinal vein occlusion, but other predisposing conditions to be considered are hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and hyperviscosity of the blood. Retinal vein occlusion also causes retinal ischaemia which may lead to new vessel formation and vitreous haemorrhage. Cases of central retinal vein occlusion run the additional risk of developing rubeosis of the iris with neovascular glaucoma (p. 46). Retinal photocoagulation may prevent all these complications.
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© 1984 E. E. Kritzinger and K. G. Taylor
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Kritzinger, E.E., Taylor, K.G. (1984). Other Ocular Abnormalities Sometimes Associated with Diabetes. In: Diabetic Eye Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6344-6_4
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