Glaucomatous disc haemorrhages photographed at short intervals.
Fundus photography was performed at an interval of 1-2 weeks on two glaucoma patients with disc haemorrhages (hh). It was shown that Haemorrhages (hh) appear again and again at the same place over a long period, which may, if the observations are made at long intervals, give the false impression of one, very slowly resorbed h. The opinion that hh are caused by a singular vascular acute disorder is not supported. The blood is seen propagating peripherically along the nerve fibres. After resorption of the papillary part the h may remain only outside the disc, thus giving the impression of a completely extrapapillary h. The resorption of blood occurs probably more rapidly over the papillary tissue than in regions outside the disc.
D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*