Expulsive hemorrhage before phacoemulsification.
A 65-year-old white man who was scheduled for cataract extraction experienced a sudden increase in intraocular pressure (IOP) with flattening of the anterior chamber immediately after the anterior capsule incision. The eye was sutured, and because no decrease in pressure was noted, surgery was postponed. The presence of the cataract prevented ophthalmoscopic examination. Echographic examination revealed a hemorrhagic choroidal detachment with involvement of the ciliary body. The patient was examined regularly until the choroidal detachment disappeared 4 weeks later. He then had uneventful phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation.
Iaccarino
Gennarfrancesco
G
Department of Ophthalmology, 2nd University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Rosa
Nicola
N
Romano
Mary
M
Capasso
Luigi
L
Romano
Antonio
A
D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology; D002832:Choroid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology