Differential Diagnosis? 

  • Proliferative Sickle Cell Retinopathy (PSR) OD>OS
  • Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
  • PDR: (typically mid-peripheral and posterior pole, has to be DM (+))
  • BRVO/CRVO: (no signs of it, no associated systemic diseases, young patient)
  • ROP: (patient is a normal term baby)
  • Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy: (no vitreoretinal traction and no family history)
  • Coat’s disease: (no retinal exudation, majority are males (75%) and unilateral, usually 1st decade of life (Mean age — 5 yo))
  • Eales disease: (no occlusive peripheral periphlebitis, majority are young Asian males or people in 3rd-5th decade of life)