title: Spontaneous retrobulbar hemorrhage in type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of spontaneous retrobulbar hemorrhage in type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a disorder characterized by vascular fragility and associated severe bleeding problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational case report. Spontaneous unilateral retrobulbar hemorrhage in a 22-year-old man with type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome was documented by clinical and radiographic examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The retrobulbar hemorrhage was self-limited and resolved without visual sequelae.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spontaneous retrobulbar hemorrhage should be recognized as part of the spectrum of type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and clinicians must be alert to diagnosis and treatment of this vision-threatening problem.
authors.affiliation: William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073, USA. saads@earthlink.net
authors.forename: Saad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eliason
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019315:Retrobulbar Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed