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Vanishing Cotton-Wool Spot in a Patient with Arterial Hypertension and Diabetes (Colour Image)

Vanishing Cotton-Wool Spot in a Patient with Arterial Hypertension and Diabetes (Colour Image)
Male, 64 years. Main complaint: slight vision deterioration. General medical history: BMI 24.9, non-smoker, arterial hypertenson since 20y, diabetes Type II since 20 y, HbA1c 6.7%. Image in 2012: Three years later, the cotton-wool spot completely vanished. After improving systemic therapy and focal retinal Laser coagulation retinal microinfarct was vanished.
Michelson, Georg, Prof. Dr. med., Interdisciplinary Center of Ophthalmic Preventive Medicine and Imaging, Department of Ophthalmology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany; Müller, Jörg, Dr.med., Private Praxis Gera, Gera, Germany; Müller, Hans-Jürgen, Dr.med., Private Praxis Gera, Gera, Germany
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Retina -> Vascular Diseases (see also: Systemic Immunologic Diseases) -> Hypertension and Arteriolosclerosis -> Cotton-Wool Spots -> Within Three Years Vanishing Cotton-Wool Spot in a Patient with Arterial Hypertension and Diabetes (Colour Images, Time Course)
retinal microinfarct, CWS, microinfarction, vanishing cws
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