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Fig. 5

From: Proliferative diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema are two factors that increase macrophage-like cell density characterized by en face optical coherence tomography

Fig. 5

En face OCT slabs of MLCs, OCTA and binarized images of MLCs in peripheral retina. A-C images from a 56-year-old normal subject without retina diseases. The en face OCT located superior temporal side of the macular. A large number of MLCs distributed evenly in this region. D-F images from a 69-year-old NPDR patient with DME. The en face OCT located superior temporal side of the macular. Compared with normal eyes C, more MLCs were found in this NPDR eye. G-I images from a 69-year-old PDR patient with DME. The en face OCT was located inferior nasal side of the macular. Numerous MLCs gathered around retinal neovascularization (yellow triangles on G & H). Some cells overlapped with retinal vessels (red ellipses on G & I). J-L images from a 70-year-old PDR patient without DME. The en face OCT was located superior temporal side of the macular. Retinal neovascularization was shown with yellow triangles on J & K. Some cells also overlapped with retinal vessels (red ellipses on J & L). MLC density decreased in superior retina and increased significantly in regions close to the macula

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