A, Fundus photograph showing dot-blot (arrowhead), flame-shaped (arrow), and boat-shaped (asterisk) hemorrhages in diabetic retinopathy. B, Histologically, the dot-blot hemorrhage corresponds to blood in the middle layers (inner nuclear and outer plexiform layers) of the retina (arrowhead). The flame-shaped hemorrhage corresponds to blood in the NFL (arrow), and the boat-shaped hemorrhage corresponds to subhyaloid blood (H&E stain).