RETINAL HEMORRHAGE

White-centered retinal hemorrhage

A 37-year-old woman presented with unilateral sudden drop in visual acuity of the right eye up to a week. Anamnesis revealed episodes of fever and headache. Examination showed visual acuity of 20/400 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. The fundus examination showed white-centered retinal hemorrhage (Panel A, black arrow) in his right eye. The white center is due to cellular debris, to c...

Vitreous Hemorrhage Caused by Ruptured Retinal Macroaneurysm

PURPOSE To report the clinical findings of 7 patients with a vitreous hemorrhage (VH) caused by a ruptured retinal macroaneurysm. METHODS Interventional case series. The medical records of 7 patients with a VH caused by a ruptured macroaneurysm and treated by either medication or vitrectomy were reviewed. The main outcome measures were the visual acuity, appearance of the fundus and optical c...

Retinal hemorrhage in the battered child.

The presence of retinal hemorrhage in head-injured children under 3 years of age is believed to be pathognomonic of battering. When a group of battered children was compared to head-injured children due to other causes, the high incidence of retinal hemorrhage in the battered children was contrasted with the absence of retinal hemorrhage produced by other causes of head injury.

Retinal hemorrhage in dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Retinal hemorrhage and vacuum extraction delivery.

The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate whether there is an increased risk of retinal hemorrhage in those infants delivered with the assistance of the silastic vacuum extractor from mothers who were low-risk and who had normal labors. Ocular fundi of 38 term newborns (19 vacuum assisted deliveries, 19 spontaneous deliveries) were examined for retinal hemorrhage within 72 hours ...