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Fundus image (A) and red-free photograph (B) of left eye showing a large frond of Sea-fan neovascularization (yellow arrows) with a fleshy stalk originating from major retinal vessel (black arrow). Multiple small neovascularizations and circinate ring of hard exudates are also seen.
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Dilated fundus examination revealed moderate non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the RE and proliferative DR with 'Sea-fan' neovascularization (SFN) along superior arcade and macular oedema in the LE (Figs 1A and B).
Montage fundus photograph (A) and enlarged superior fundus field (B) of the left eye at follow up showing peripheral laser scars and partial regression of Sea-fan neovascularization (yellow arrow).
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LE (Figs 2A and B). SFN is classically reported in sickle-cell retinopathy and rarely with thrombocytosis, sarcoidosis and retinitis pigmentosa. Laboratory investigations for sickle-cell disease and sarcoidosis were negative in this case.