title: Proliferative diabetic retinopathy and hemovitreous: red flag for blindness.
abstract: A 54-year-old male patient experienced sudden painless visual loss in his left eye. He had been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus 8 years prior with poor metabolic control. Diabetic retinopathy was diagnosed 2 years ago and was treated with mild scattered retinal photocoagulation.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge- Ophthalmology Department, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Català
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome