Vitreous Hemorrhage
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Basics
Description
Vitreous hemorrhage is a secondary diagnosis; identification of a specific cause is necessary for successful treatment:- Retinal vessel tear due to vitreous separation
- Sudden tearing of vessels due to trauma
- Spontaneous bleeding due to neovascularization (e.g., diabetics)
Etiology
- Blunt or penetrating trauma
- Retinal break/tear/detachment
- Any proliferative retinopathy
- Diabetes mellitus
- Sickle cell disease
- Retinal vein occlusion
- Eales disease
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Retinal angiomatosis
- Retinal telangiectasia
- Peripheral uveitis
- Subarachnoid or subdural hemorrhage:
- Terson syndrome
- Intraocular tumor
Pediatric Considerations
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Congenital retinoschisis
- Pars planitis
- Child abuse:
- Shaken-baby syndrome
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Basics
Description
Vitreous hemorrhage is a secondary diagnosis; identification of a specific cause is necessary for successful treatment:- Retinal vessel tear due to vitreous separation
- Sudden tearing of vessels due to trauma
- Spontaneous bleeding due to neovascularization (e.g., diabetics)
Etiology
- Blunt or penetrating trauma
- Retinal break/tear/detachment
- Any proliferative retinopathy
- Diabetes mellitus
- Sickle cell disease
- Retinal vein occlusion
- Eales disease
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Retinal angiomatosis
- Retinal telangiectasia
- Peripheral uveitis
- Subarachnoid or subdural hemorrhage:
- Terson syndrome
- Intraocular tumor
Pediatric Considerations
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Congenital retinoschisis
- Pars planitis
- Child abuse:
- Shaken-baby syndrome
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