
Diabetes-related Retinopathy, Foot Ulcers, and Other Lesions: A Photo Essay
Diabetes-related complications include retinopathy, neuropathy, ulcerations.
Signs of
Image and case courtesy of Leonid Skorin, Jr, DO
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Multiple, scattered intraretinal (dot-blot) hemorrhages and superficial nerve fiber layer (splinter) hemorrhages can be seen in this 56-year-old man with a 20-year history of type 2 diabetes and
Image and case courtesy of Leonid Skorin, Jr, DO
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Recurrent macular edema and pre-existing dot-blot and flame-shaped hemorrhages were noted in this patient previously treated with laser photocoagulation for
Image and case courtesy of Leonid Skorin, Jr, DO
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Funduscopy found neovascularization of the optic disc, with blood in the vitreous directly over the macular area of the right eye in this 54-year-old woman with a 10-year history of insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes. A few hard exudates were seen (A). A large preretinal hemorrhage was detected in the infranasal quadrant of the left eye (B).
Images and case courtesy of Leonid Skorin, Jr, DO
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A large sickle-like preretinal hemorrhage partially overlapping the optic disc and the surrounding retina is seen here in a 54-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes of 10 years’ duration. Pan-retinal laser photocoagulation was recommended for the patient’s
Image and case courtesy of Leonid Skorin, Jr, DO
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In a patient with diabetes mellitus, a small, untreated blister can easily develop into a full-thickness
Image and case courtesy of Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH and Donald Curtis, DPM
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Image and case courtesy of Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH and Donald Curtis, DPM
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Biopsy of this gradually spreading plaque seen along the shin tibia of a 63-year-old woman found linear tiers of granulomatous inflammation, which consisted of multinucleated histiocytes aligned parallel to the epidermis.
Image and case courtesy of Allison Cashman, MD
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These lesions are characteristic of
Image and case courtesy of Ted Rosen, MD
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Known as
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