Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR), Severe #1
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR), Severe #1
Fibrovascular proliferations at the disc and along the superior and inferior arcade have contracted and because of their intimate connections with the retina, detached the retina. Over the macula the posterior vitreous is detached since there are no vascular connectons. The elevated retina together with the flat posterior vitreous detachment looks like a table mountain, the posterior vitreous membrane over the macula is the "tabletop" (see also ultrasound picture)
McCuen, Brooks, M.D., Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, USA
