Neovascular Glaucoma and Diabetic Macular Edema in a Patient with Monolateral Pseudoexfoliative Glaucoma and Type 2 Diabetes: Therapeutic Effects of Two-Sided Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide Treatment

Progressive ocular complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) result by the chronic exposure to high blood levels of glucose. Diabetic macular edema (DME) is the most common complication, and the cause of moderate to severe visual loss in diabetic patients. Furthermore, DM is the major etiologic factor for neovascular glaucoma (NVG) [1]. The association of iris and angle neovessels (NVs) with DM becomes more frequent with the duration of the disease and inadequate blood sugar control [2]. In the case here reported, the patient was affected by pseudoexfoliative glaucoma in his left eye, and by DME in the right eye.