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Corneal blood staining secondary to hemorrhagic descemet membrane detachment
Poonam S Sharma1, Donald U Stone
1Dean A McGee Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Purpose:
To present a case of corneal blood staining due to a hemorrhagic Descemet membrane detachment and describe a method of surgical intervention.
Methods:
Observation of clinical features and outcome of surgical intervention.
Results:
A 72-year-old man had an anterior-chamber intraocular lens removed for presumed uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema syndrome, and he developed an intraoperative hemorrhagic detachment of the Descemet membrane attributed to peripheral corneal neovascularization. Corneal blood staining rapidly developed, and a partial-thickness paracentesis was required to evacuate the lamellar hematoma and allow reattachment of the Descemet membrane.
Conclusions:
Hemorrhage from posterior corneal vessels can result in a hemorrhagic detachment of the Descemet membrane. Corneal blood staining can develop rapidly in an intracorneal or retrocorneal hemorrhage. The blood can be removed without incising the Descemet membrane by making a partial-thickness paracentesis.
