Traumatic hyphema, or blood in the anterior chamber, is a common complication of blunt or penetrating injury to the eye and can result in permanent vision loss if not treated immediately. It can also arise due to some other spontaneous reasons such as in rubeosis iridis, juvenile xanthogranuloma, iris melanoma, myotonic dystrophy, keratouveitis (e.g., herpes zoster), leukemia, hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, and in association with the use of substances that alter platelet or thrombin function (e.g., ethanol, aspirin, warfarin). Once life-threatening injuries are addressed, the goals of initial assessment include recognition and characterization of the hyphema and identification of associated orbital and ocular injuries.
This video represents a case of traumatic hyphema captured through a smartphone fundus camera. References 1.Walton, William, et al. "Management of traumatic…
