Terson syndrome: a case report suggesting the mechanism of vitreous hemorrhage.
OBJECTIVE
To present a patient with Terson syndrome and to propose a mechanism for vitreous hemorrhage.


METHODS
Observational case report.


METHODS
A 50-year-old woman with subarachnoid hemorrhage and unilateral vitreous hemorrhage.


METHODS
Detailed examination with fluorescein angiography and funduscopy.


METHODS
Site of dye leakage on fluorescein angiography in the eye with vitreous hemorrhage.


RESULTS
Fluorescein angiography showed the leakage site at the margin of the disc in the eye with vitreous hemorrhage after the vitreous hemorrhage had been removed.


CONCLUSIONS
The damage to peripapillary tissues demonstrated by fluorescein leakage suggests that intracranial hypertension affects peripapillary structures through the intervaginal space of the optic nerve sheath.
Ogawa
T
T
Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki Municipal Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
Kitaoka
T
T
Dake
Y
Y
Amemiya
T
T
D002199:Capillary Permeability; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery