title: The presence of retinopathy in patients with secondary diabetes following pancreatectomy or chronic pancreatitis.
abstract: The incidence of diabetic retinopathy was evaluated by means of fluorescein angiography in 54 patients with diabetes secondary to chronic pancreatitis or to pancreatectomy. Thirty-one percent of the patients had background retinopathy; none had proliferative retinopathy. The percentage of patients with retinopathy was the same in groups with or without a family history of diabetes. There was no correlation between the degree of metabolic control, the levels of C-peptide, glucagon, growth hormone, and the presence of retinopathy. Retinopathy was correlated with the duration of diabetes. In conclusion, diabetes caused by pancreatitis or pancreatectomy has a significant prevalence of retinopathy, which has more benign characteristics and slower evolution than the retinopathy in patients with primary diabetes.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications