Diabetic macular edema must be assessed as early as possible, to avoid significant vision loss. To achieve this goal, there are many specific diagnostic tests that can be performed. The authors review the most common methods in diagnosing diabetic retinopathy.
Recent aspects on diagnosis of diabetic macular edema
(A) Fundus photography of the right eye showing a circumscribed yellow-orange choroidal mass located along the inferotemporal vascular arcade. (B) Optical coherence tomography (OCT) demonstrating a dome-shaped choroidal mass with subretinal fluid, retinal pigment epithelium alterations, cystoid macular edema, and outer retinal damage.
MottaMMS, CoblentzJ, MeloLGN. Recent aspects on diagnosis of diabetic macular edema. Rev Bras Oftalmol. 2009;68(1):59-63.
Motta,Mário Martins dos Santos; Coblentz,Jacqueline; Melo,Laura Gomes Nunes de. Recent aspects on diagnosis of diabetic macular edema. Rev Bras Oftalmol., v. 68, n. 1, p. 59-63, Feb. 2009.
Motta,M.M.S., Coblentz,J., & Melo,L.G.N. (2009). Recent aspects on diagnosis of diabetic macular edema. Rev Bras Oftalmol.,68(1), 59-63.
Motta,Mário Martins dos Santos and Coblentz,Jacqueline and Melo,Laura Gomes Nunes de. Recent aspects on diagnosis of diabetic macular edema. Rev Bras Oftalmol. [online]. 2009, vol. 68, n. 1, [cited 2026-10-22], pp.59-63. Available from: <https://www.rbojournal.org/en/article/recent-aspects-on-diagnosis-of-diabetic-macular-edema/>. ISSN 0034-7280.
