The extent of diabetic retinopathy noted with the ophthalmoscope was graded as 1 when only microaneurysms were seen, 2 with microaneurysm as well as hemorrhages ("dot and blot") and exudates ...

Corneal abrasions in diabetic patients have been reported ... thickening at or within 500 µm of center of macula, or Hard exudates at or within 500 µm of center of macula if associated with ...

21 Definite hard exudates, soft exudates ... or enucleation secondary to a complication of diabetic retinopathy ...