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(1/4 the width of a major vein at the disc margin); they occasionally can be larger. IRMA may be difficult to distinguish from neovascularization.
Local photocoagulation: A laser technique in which small, flat NVE is treated with confluent, moderately intense burns. This technique alone has little role in current clinical practice.
Macular edema: Thickening of the retina within 1 or 2 disc diameters of the center of the macula.
Mild macular grid: 360-degree treatment around the center of the macular with no attempt to treat specific microaneurysms.
Mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy: At least one microaneurysm and less than moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy: Hemorrhages and/or microaneurysms greater than standard photograph 2A, and/or soft exudates, venous beading, or intraretinal microvascular abnormalities present but less than severe nonproliferative retinopathy.
Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study standard photograph 2A. Hemorrhages and/or microaneurysms equaling or exceeding this severity in 4 quadrants indicates “Severe NPDR.” (Source: Reprinted with permission from the Fundus Reading Center, Dept of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.)
Moderate visual loss: The loss of 15 or more letters on the ETDRS visual acuity chart, or doubling of the visual angle (e.g., 20/20–20/40, or 20/50–20/100).
Modified ETDRS grid: Light intensity, treating only areas of leakage.
Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR): The phases of diabetic retinopathy with no evidence of retinal neovascularization.
NPDR: Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.
NVD: Neovascularization on or within 1 disc diameter of the optic disc.
NVE: Neovascularization elsewhere in the retina and greater than 1 disc diameter from the optic disc margin.
NVI: Neovascularization of the iris.
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PDR: Proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR): Advanced disease characterized by NVD and/or NVE.
Scatter (panretinal) photocoagulation: A type of laser surgery used for patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The surgery is delivered in a scatter pattern throughout the peripheral fundus and is intended to lead to a regression of neovascularization.
Severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy: Using the 4–2-1 rule, the presence of at least one of the following features: (1) severe intraretinal hemorrhages and microaneurysms, equaling or exceeding standard photograph 2A, present in four quadrants; (2) venous beading in two or more quadrants; or (3) moderate intraretinal microvascular abnormalities equaling or exceeding standard photograph 8A in one or more quadrants.
Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study standard photograph 8A. Intraretinal microvascular abnormalities equaling or exceeding this severity in one or more quadrants indicates “Severe NPDR.” (Source: Reprinted with permission from the Fundus Reading Center, Dept of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.)
Severe visual loss: Occurrence of visual acuity worse than 5/200 at any two consecutive visits, scheduled at 4-month intervals.
UKPDS: United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study. VEGF: Vascular endothelial growth factor.
Very severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy: Presence of two or more of the features described in the definition of severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.
