A 52-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus for 12 years presents for retinal screening. Fundoscopy reveals microaneurysms, hard exudates in a circinate pattern around the macula, and scattered dot-blot hemorrhages. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR)?

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