title: Diabetic retinopathy: two faces of the same coin.
abstract: We report two contrasting cases of diabetic retinopathy to illustrate vascular and retinal abnormalities in this condition. In the first case, mild diabetic retinopathy is diagnosed in an asymptomatic patient with diabetes mellitus of recent onset. The second patient has severe diabetic retinopathy, causing vision loss as a consequence of poor metabolic control.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Ophthalmology Department, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. smq@ya.com
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Planas
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000473:pathology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged