Diabetes & vascular disease research : official journal of the International Society of Diabetes and Vascular Disease
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Detection of microaneurysms and/or microhaemorrhages near the fovea when screening for diabetic retinopathy poses a problem because referral to retinal specialists may alarm patients and unnecessarily burden ophthalmologists. ⋯ Minimal red lesions near the fovea, though commanding early re-screening, do not require immediate referral to retinal specialists.