A 40 year old male with diabetes presents with vitreous hemorrhage. What is the cause?
Posterior retinal detachment
Neovascularization at disc
Central retinal vein occlusion
Trauma to central retinal aery
Neovascularization, defined as abnormal formation of blood vessels in the retina, is a sight-threatening condition indicative of late-stage diabetic retinopathy (DR). ...Neovascularization on the disc (NVD) is diagnosed when new vessels are located within one disc-diameter of the optic disc. Ref AK khurana 6/e p 278
Vitreous and retina