[Hemophthalmos in patients with diabetes mellitus]

A total of 110 patients with diabetes mellitus with intraocular hemorrhages were examined using computer densitometry of ultrasonic beta-scanograms of the eyes. Indications for various treatments were determined and the outcomes of hemophthalmia predicted, depending on its topography, intensity, and volume of blood released into the vitreous. Hemorrhages were located mainly in the posterior segments of the vitreous body in diabetics with hemophthalmia. High efficiency and good prospects of using objective methods of computer analysis of beta-scanograms for evaluating the status of the vitreous and extending the diagnostic potentialities of modern ophthalmology are shown.