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BASICS
Description
Vitreous hemorrhage is a secondary diagnosis; identification of a specific cause is necessary for successful treatment:
- Retinal vessel tear secondary to vitreous separation
- Sudden tearing of vessels owing to trauma
- Spontaneous bleeding owing to neovascularization
Etiology
- Blunt or penetrating trauma
- Retinal break/tear/detachment
- Any proliferative retinopathy
- Diabetes mellitus
- Sickle cell disease
- Retinal vein occlusion
- Eales disease
- Senile macular degeneration
- Retinal angiomatosis
- Retinal telangiectasia
- Peripheral uveitis
- Subarachnoid or subdural hemorrhage:
- Intra-ocular tumor
ALERT:
Pediatric Considerations
- Prematurity
- Congenital retinoschisis
- Pars planitis
- Child abuse:
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