Late hyphema due to vascularization of the cataract wound.
Nineteen patients with hyphema due to fibrovascular tissue in the cataract wound were seen. In 3 patients the hyphema occurred after closure of an unitentional filtering bleb. Two patients receiving anticoagulants before and after the hyphema occurred did not have recurrence of the bleeding. In one patient the hyphema was induced by scleral depression. This benign condition is frequently misdiagnosed. When erythrocytes are seen in the anterior chamber of an aphakic patient, vascularization of the cataract wound should be suspected and confirmed by gonioscopy.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000254:growth & development; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis