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Case Reports
. 1984 Dec;91(12):1490-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(84)34098-2.

Lipemic diabetic retinopathy

G C Brown, M Ridley, D Haas, A C Lucier, L K Sarin
Case Reports

Lipemic diabetic retinopathy

G C Brown et al. Ophthalmology. 1984 Dec.

Abstract

A study group of eight patients with diabetic retinopathy and marked accumulation of hard exudates in the fundi is described. There was a significant increase in serum triglyceride levels (P less than 0.05) in the study group as compared to a control group of 23 consecutive patients with diabetic retinopathy. This exudative disorder is visually disabling and is associated with legal blindness in 50% of eyes. The authors believe that the term most appropriate to describe such a severe type of exudative response is lipemic diabetic retinopathy.

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