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Published on: December 7, 2016
Spontaneous inferior subconjunctival haemorrhages in association with circumferential drainage blebs
1Wound Healing Research Unit, Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK. twells@eyetext.net
Aim:
To describe an association of spontaneous inferior subconjunctival haemorrhages in eyes with circumferential drainage blebs following trabeculectomy.
Methods:
Observational case series. Patients with multiple episodes of spontaneous inferior subconjunctival haemorrhage following trabeculectomy (with or without antimetabolite) and circumferential blebs are presented. All patients described had multiple episodes. A possible mechanism is discussed.
Results:
The number of spontaneous haemorrhages ranged from two to more than 10. All individual haemorrhages resolved spontaneously without adverse sequelae
Conclusions:
A new clinical presentation of inferior subconjunctival haemorrhage in association with circumferential blebs is described.
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