Delayed hyphema and intravitreal blood following intrableb autologous blood injection after trabeculectomy.
OBJECTIVE
To report delayed hyphema and intravitreal blood as complications following intrableb autologous blood injection after trabeculectomy.


METHODS
Case report. A 44-year-old woman with hypotony and maculopathy after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C received an intrableb autologous blood injection.


RESULTS
Three days after the blood injection, a hyphema formed and subsequently dispersed into the vitreous.


CONCLUSIONS
Although immediate hyphema from autologous blood injection is common, hyphema may be delayed and associated with intravitreal blood.
Flynn
W J
WJ
Section of Ophthalmology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, USA. flynn@whmc_lafb.af.mil
Rosen
W J
WJ
Campbell
D G
DG
D000328:Adult; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001769:Blood; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007267:Injections; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014130:Trabeculectomy; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D016685:Mitomycin