Disturbance of Inorganic Phosphate Metabolism in Diabetes Mellitus: Its Relevance to the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy

Table 1

Capillary retinal microaneurysms are found in the following diseases, all associated with some form of hypoxia.

Disease	Location	Mechanism
Retinal vein occlusion	Posterior, peripheral	Stagnant hypoxia
Macroglobulinemia	Peripheral, posterior	Stagnant hypoxia
Multiple myeloma	Peripheral, posterior	Stagnant hypoxia
Sickle-cell anemia	Peripheral, posterior	Stagnant hypoxia; Ischemic hypoxia
Malignant hypertension	Peripheral, posterior	Ischemic hypoxia
Pulseless disease	Peripheral, posterior	Ischemic hypoxia
Diabetes mellitus	Posterior, peripheral	Affinity hypoxia; Stagnant hypoxia; Ischemic hypoxia