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Durzhinskaya M.H.

Research Institute of Eye Diseases

Microaneurysms as a biomarker of diabetic retinopathy

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Durzhinskaya M.H.

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Journal: Russian Annals of Ophthalmology. 2021;137(5‑2): 300‑305

DOI: 10.17116/oftalma2021137052300

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MICROANEURYSMS AS A BIOMARKER OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
MICROANEURYSMS AS A BIOMARKER OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

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Durzhinskaya MH. Microaneurysms as a biomarker of diabetic retinopathy. Russian Annals of Ophthalmology. 2021;137(5‑2):300‑305. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/oftalma2021137052300

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Abstract:

Diabetic retinopathy is a microvascular pathology, which is the most common complication of diabetes mellitus. Improvement of instrumental diagnostics of retinal pathologies has contributed to identification of various phenotypes of the progression of ocular fundus pathology in diabetes based on specific changes in the retina — biomarkers. In particular, microaneurysms initially described in diabetes, which are a manifestation of a wide range of systemic pathologies and retinal diseases, are an indicator of the severity of diabetic retinopathy. Dynamic changes in the number of microaneurysms are a confirmed prognostic biomarker of clinically significant macular edema. In diabetic retinopathy, microaneurysms are one of the earliest recognizable signs, and the dynamic of their formation and disappearance may serve as a predictor for the disease progression. This literature review presents the characteristics of microaneurysms based on various imaging techniques, and analyses the link between structural features and dynamic changes in microaneurysms, and progression of diabetic retinopathy.

Keywords:

diabetic retinopathy
biomarkers
microaneurysms
optical coherence tomography
angiography

Authors:

Durzhinskaya M.H.

Research Institute of Eye Diseases

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04.11.2020

Accepted:

17.02.2021

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