title: Assesment of Conjunctival Microangiopathy in a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus Using the Retinal Function Imager.
abstract: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is notorious for causing retinal microangiopathy, but bulbar conjunctival microangiopathy (CM) mirroring the established retinal vessel changes, has also been observed. Recent studies suggest that CM occurs in all DM patients in various degrees depending on disease severity and occur even before non-proliferative retinopathy develops. Thus, CM might provide a means of early detection or even form a basis for early intervention of disease progression in DM patients. Herein we present - to our knowledge for the first time-the feasibility and applicability in diagnostic imaging of CM in a diabetic patient using a commercially available Retinal Function Imager (RFI, Optical Imaging Ltd, Rehovot, Israel).
authors: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA ; Charite, Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, University Eye Hospital, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany.
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Stuebiger
authors: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.
authors: William
authors: W
authors: Smiddy
authors: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.
authors: Jianhua
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Jiang
authors: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.
authors: Delia Cabrera
authors: DC
authors: DeBuc
keywords: Conjunctival microangiopathy; Diabetes mellitus; Optical imaging; Retinal function imager; Retinal microangiopathy