Delayed Hyphema and Intravitreal Blood Following Intrableb Autologous Blood Injection After Trabeculectomy

To report delayed hyphema and intravitreal blood as complications following intrableb autologous blood injection after trabeculectomy. Case report. A 44-year-old woman with hypotony and maculopathy after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C received an intrableb autologous blood injection. Three days aft...

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Published in:American journal of ophthalmology 1997-07, Vol.124 (1), p.115-116
Main Authors: Flynn, William J., Rosen, William J., Campbell, David G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anterior Chamber - pathology
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic - administration & dosage
Biological and medical sciences
Blood
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hyphema - etiology
Hyphema - pathology
Injections
Medical sciences
Mitomycin - administration & dosage
Postoperative Complications - etiology
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the eye and orbit
Trabeculectomy
Visual Acuity
Vitreous Hemorrhage - etiology
Vitreous Hemorrhage - pathology
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Summary:To report delayed hyphema and intravitreal blood as complications following intrableb autologous blood injection after trabeculectomy. Case report. A 44-year-old woman with hypotony and maculopathy after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C received an intrableb autologous blood injection. Three days after the blood injection, a hyphema formed and subsequently dispersed into the vitreous. Although immediate hyphema from autologous blood injection is common, hyphema may be delayed and associated with intravitreal blood.
ISSN:0002-9394
1879-1891
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9394(14)71658-7