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. 1983 Nov-Dec;6(6):570-4.
doi: 10.2337/diacare.6.6.570.

The presence of retinopathy in patients with secondary diabetes following pancreatectomy or chronic pancreatitis

A Tiengo, T Segato, G Briani, A Setti, S Del Prato, A Devidé, D Padovan, F Virgili, G Crepaldi

The presence of retinopathy in patients with secondary diabetes following pancreatectomy or chronic pancreatitis

A Tiengo et al. Diabetes Care. 1983 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

The incidence of diabetic retinopathy was evaluated by means of fluorescein angiography in 54 patients with diabetes secondary to chronic pancreatitis or to pancreatectomy. Thirty-one percent of the patients had background retinopathy; none had proliferative retinopathy. The percentage of patients with retinopathy was the same in groups with or without a family history of diabetes. There was no correlation between the degree of metabolic control, the levels of C-peptide, glucagon, growth hormone, and the presence of retinopathy. Retinopathy was correlated with the duration of diabetes. In conclusion, diabetes caused by pancreatitis or pancreatectomy has a significant prevalence of retinopathy, which has more benign characteristics and slower evolution than the retinopathy in patients with primary diabetes.

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