Pneumatosis oculi and spontaneous hyphema in association with pneumatosis intestinalis.
A premature infant with acute necrotizing enterocolitis, Escherichia coli sepsis, and disseminated intravascular coagulation developed spontaneous bilateral hyphemas at 3 days of age. The necrotizing enterocolitis was associated with gas bubbles in the intestinal walls. The anterior chambers of both eyes also contained bubbles of gas, formed possibly by a mechanism similar to those in the intestine.
D000388:Air; D000867:Anterior Chamber; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000150:complications; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000209:etiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications