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What is the difference between presentation of diabetic retinopathy vs retinal vasculitis? (w/o diabetes/prediabetes) could it be a predictor?
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Looking in the eye: they look very different. With diabetic there's new vessels. They can pop (retinal bleed), but more typical is gradual worsening of the vessels, scar, gradual blindness without big changes. Vasculitis would usually cause more dramatic changes.
Answered 4/20/2019
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