Evaluation of Retino-vetrous pathology in diabetic and hypertensive patients using ultrasound

Abstract

This prospective cross sectional study was conducted between July to December 2018 on 50 of diabetic and hypertensive patients (28 Female and 22 Male) their age range between (20-77) years old presented to Makah Ophthalmology Hospital in Khartoum. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the role of B-scan Ultrasound in diagnosing retino-vitreous pathology for diabetic and hypertensive patients . The study found that the females were most affected by retinopathy (56%) than males (44.%). The study found that The most affected age group were (60- 69) years ( 30 %) then (50 -59) years (26%) and last affected group was (20-29) (8%). Regarding the patients’ medical history the study illustrated that the most affected patients were diabetic (64%) ,than hypertensive (26%). The study found a highly incidence of eye problems in ultrasound was vitreous hemorrhage (46%) then retinal detachment (34%) It concluded that B- scan ultrasonography was the initial imaging modality opted in most of the cases as it was readily available, simple, cost effective, non ionizing, non invasive and reliable modality for the diagnosis of eye for diabetic and hypertensive patients pathologies, ultrasound must be uses routinely in the evaluation of the eyes of diabetics and hypertensive patients also this research could form a database for further research in this area in the future.