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==Diagnosis==
==Background==
# cell & flare like uveitis
#Blunt trauma -> contusion and spasm of ciliary body and iris
# high risk rebleeding in 5 days
 
==Clinical Features==
*Eye pain
*Decreased visual acuity in affected eye
*Photophobia (direct and consensual)
*Sluggish pupil
*Cell & flare
*Hypopyon (severe cases)


==Treatment==
==Treatment==
# tx c atropine, prednisone
#Cycloplegics
# consider aminocaproic acid to decrease rate of fibrin degradation and prevent rebleeding
#PO analgesia
# elevate head of bed to prevent staining
 
# no valsalva
==Source==
# recheck q d X 5 d, then 2 d p stopping amicar.
*PEER VIII Q&A


[[Category:Ophtho]]
[[Category:Ophtho]]

Revision as of 18:29, 1 November 2012

Background

  1. Blunt trauma -> contusion and spasm of ciliary body and iris

Clinical Features

  • Eye pain
  • Decreased visual acuity in affected eye
  • Photophobia (direct and consensual)
  • Sluggish pupil
  • Cell & flare
  • Hypopyon (severe cases)

Treatment

  1. Cycloplegics
  2. PO analgesia

Source

  • PEER VIII Q&A
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