title: Chronic myeloid leukemia diagnosed in a patient with uncontrolled proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of uncontrolled proliferative diabetic retinopathy as an initial manifestation of chronic myeloid leukemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 55-year-old man with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy who rapidly developed proliferative retinopathy and bilateral neovascular glaucoma despite good glycemic control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Other pathologies should be excluded in diabetic patients with a rapid and severe progression in their retinopathy despite adequate metabolic control. These patients should be treated promptly and aggressively until systemic disease is stable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
authors.forename: Lígia M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.forename: Renata T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Rothwell
authors.forename: Dália
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meira
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fonseca
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged