[Retinal neovascularization in a traumatic microhyphema].
METHODS
This is a case of retinal ischaemia with subsequent neovascularization, in a 13 year-old boy who sustained a traumatic hyphema after blunt trauma.


CONCLUSIONS
Hyphemas can occur after blunt trauma, intraocular surgery, spontaneously and in association with the use of substances that alter platelet or thrombin function (aspirin, ethanol). Associated injuries are traumatic anterior uveitis, iridodialysis, optic atrophy, secondary hemorrhage and a traumatic cataract. This case illustrates the formation of retinal neovascularization in association with a microhyphema and the need for careful and prolonged ophthalmological examination in this clinical context.
Gorroño Echebarría
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MB
Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Servicio de Oftalmología, Ctra. Alcalá-Meco s/n, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. mbgech@yahoo.es
D000293:Adolescent; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D015861:Retinal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome