Diabetic retinopathy under age 20. A review of 71 cases.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-1985
Abstract
A review of the fluorescein angiograms on 4547 diabetic patients with clinically suspected retinopathy was performed. Although only 26 (1%) of the 2013 males and 45 (2%) of the 2534 females were less than 20 years old (71 patients total), proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) was diagnosed in 14 females (31%) and 4 males (15%). The youngest patient, a 13-year-old boy with diabetes for eight years, presented with severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy in both eyes as documented angiographically. He showed no evidence of other systemic complications of diabetes. A review of the literature revealed one other case of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in a patient this young; a 13-year-old girl who was nephrotic and hypertensive upon presentation. This study emphasizes the importance of having prepubescent and teenage diabetics examined for the presence of retinopathy.
Volume
92
Issue
8
First Page
1047
Last Page
1050
ISSN
0161-6420
Published In/Presented At
Kimmel, A. S., Magargal, L. E., Annesley, W. H., Jr, & Donoso, L. A. (1985). Diabetic retinopathy under age 20. A review of 71 cases. Ophthalmology, 92(8), 1047–1050. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0161-6420(85)33923-4
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
2413416
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article