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retinal hemorrhage (RHe)
Etiology:
1) cranial whiplash
2) blunt eye trauma [2]
- no evidence that soccer ball heading causes retinal hemorrhage
3) retinopathy
- diabetic retinopathy
Clinical manifestations:
- pain & swelling of affected eye
- diminished visual acuity (case report visual acuity 20/400)
Special laboratory:
- ophthalmoscopy*
- intraocular pressure may be normal
- absent foveal reflex
* image [2]
Management:
- pars plana vitrectomy with internal tamponade (case report) [2]
Specific
dot/blot hemorrhage (D/B)
General
ocular hemorrhage (hemophthalmos)
internal hemorrhage
retinal disease
References
- Journal Watch 22(10):80, 2002
- Jinagal J, Dhiman P
Retinal Hemorrhage from Blunt Ocular Trauma.
N Engl J Med 2019; 381:2252. Dec 5, 2019
PMID: 31800990
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1905974?