Eyes & ENT · Data interpretation

Fundus photos: blurred vision

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10 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in the diabetes clinic. Yiannis Georgiou, 61, who has type 2 diabetes, is here for the results of his eye photographs. They are below.

  1. Interpret the fundus photographs

  2. Explain the results and your management plan to the patient

Right macula (report)

Ring of hard exudates within one disc diameter of the fovea; dull foveal reflex

Medicines

Metformin 1 g twice daily, gliclazide MR 60 mg, amlodipine 5 mg; smokes 10 a day

Fundus photographs (non-mydriatic retinal camera) and visual acuity

Fundus photographs (non-mydriatic retinal camera) and visual acuity
ItemValueReference range
Visual acuity, right eye6/12, no improvement with pinhole6/6
Visual acuity, left eye6/9, improving to 6/6 with pinhole6/6
Left eye: red reflexClearClear
Left eye: discNormal colour, margins and cup; no abnormal vesselsNormal
Left eye: vesselsNormal calibre; no beadingNormal
Left eye: maculaNormal foveal reflex; no deposits within two disc diameters of the foveaNormal
Left eye: peripheryAbout a dozen tiny red dots and small dot haemorrhages, mostly nasal to the disc; two small clusters of waxy yellow deposits in the far periphery; no fluffy white patchesNone

Recent bloods (GP, 2 weeks ago): HbA1c 9.5% (80 mmol/mol); eGFR 62 mL/min/1.73m2; urine albumin-creatinine ratio 8 mg/mmol; total cholesterol 5.6, LDL 3.4, HDL 1.0, triglycerides 2.8 mmol/L.

Colour fundus photograph of the right eye, centred on the optic disc
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