Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2017 Jun;31(3):281-282.
doi: 10.3341/kjo.2016.0111. Epub 2017 Apr 24.

Serial Photographic Monitoring of Spontaneous Clearance of Corneal Blood Stain in a Child with Traumatic Hyphema

Bo Een Hwang  1 , Ye Jin Ahn  1 , Sun Young Shin  1 , Shin Hae Park  2
Affiliations
Case Reports

Serial Photographic Monitoring of Spontaneous Clearance of Corneal Blood Stain in a Child with Traumatic Hyphema

Bo Een Hwang et al. Korean J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jun.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Serial slit-lamp photographs of an 8-year-old boy with corneal blood staining following traumatic hyphema. The photographs demonstrate clearing of corneal-stained blood from the periphery toward the center with an abrupt demarcation line between cleared and stained corneal stroma 1 (A), 2 (B), 3 (C), 6 (D), 12 (E), and 15 (F) month(s) after trauma. Total clearing took 15 months and final visual acuity of 20 / 40 was obtained without any permanent corneal changes (F). Traumatic mydriasis and a cataract were noted in the affected eye.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Brodrick JD. Corneal blood staining after hyphaema. Br J Ophthalmol. 1972;56:589–593. - PMC - PubMed
    1. McDonnell PJ, Green WR, Stevens RE, et al. Blood staining of the cornea: light microscopic and ultrastructural features. Ophthalmology. 1985;92:1668–1674. - PubMed
    1. Read J. Traumatic hyphema: surgical vs medical management. Ann Ophthalmol. 1975;7:659–662. - PubMed
    1. Read J, Goldberg MF. Comparison of medical treatment for traumatic hyphema. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol. 1974;78:799–815.
    1. Gottsch JD, Messmer EP, McNair DS, Font RL. Corneal blood staining: an animal model. Ophthalmology. 1986;93:797–802. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources