title: Hyphema after peribulbar anesthesia for cataract surgery in Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe an unusual ocular sign in one patient with Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis at cataract surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a patient with Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis and cataract who developed a 1 mm hyphema observed two minutes after peribulbar anesthesia for cataract surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient was found to have an equivalent of the Amsler-Verrey sign. It appeared after peribulbar anesthesia and before any instrument touched the globe. It did not interfere with surgery and disappeared completely by day 2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The appearance of a hyphema after peribulbar anesthesia in Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis is an unusual sign that may have the same pathophysiology as the Amsler-Verrey sign.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, Paulista School of Medicine, São Paulo Hospital, Brazil.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Belfort
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muccioli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D015863:Iridocyclitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D008012:Lidocaine