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Vitreous hemorrhage due to retinal tear in diabetic patient

Glaskörperblutung bei Netzhautriss bei einem Patienten mit Diabetes mellitus

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HINTERGRUND: Diese Kasuistik beschreibt den Fall eines Patienten mit diabetischer Glaskörperblutung aufgrund eines Netzhautrisses, welcher bei der Erstuntersuchung unentdeckt blieb. MATERIAL UND METHODE: Ein Patient mit Diabetes mellitus und einer Anamnese von Visusverlust seit einem Monat wurde mit pars plana Vitrektomie versorgt. Während der Operation konnten eine Netzhautabhebung, periphere Netzhautrisse und eine subretinale Blutung bei anteriorer proliferativer Retinopathie festgestellt werden. SCHLUSSFOLGERUNG: Die Möglichkeit, dass eine Glaskörperblutung bei Diabetes-Patienten unabhängig von der diabetischen Retinopathie durch einen peripheren Netzhautriss bedingt sein kann, sollte immer bedacht werden.

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BACKGROUND: A case report about a diabetic patient with vitreous hemorrhage due to peripheric retinal tear, which was missed on the first visit. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A diabetic patient with a history of 1 month visual loss was undergone pars plana vitrectomy. During the surgery retinal detachment, peripherial retinal tears, subretinal hemorrhage and anterior proliferative retinopathy was detected. CONCLUSION: The possibility that the vitreous hemorrhage, in diabetic patients, may come from a peripheral retinal tear, unrelated to retinopathy, should be always kept in mind.

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  1. Department of Traumatology and Vitreoretinal Surgery, Ophthalmological Center after SV Malayan, Yerevan, Armenia

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Kostanyan, T. Vitreous hemorrhage due to retinal tear in diabetic patient. Spektrum Augenheilkd. 25, 277–278 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00717-011-0027-z

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