Fast Five Quiz: Diabetic Macular Edema

Andrew A. Dahl, MD

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October 20, 2020

Figure 1. Diabetic retinopathy: retinal changes in diabetes including macular edema.

The Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study defines CSME as:

Retinal thickening within 500 µm of the center of the fovea
Hard, yellow exudates within 500 µm of the center of the fovea with adjacent retinal thickening
At least one disc area of retinal thickening, any part of which is within one disc diameter of the center of the fovea

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