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Published on: June 18, 2021
SPONTANEOUS SUPRACHOROIDAL HEMORRHAGE ASSOCIATED WITH IATROGENIC COAGULOPATHY
Fatma Sema Akkan Aydoğmuş1, Kurtulus Serdar, Defne Kalayci
1Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Eye Clinic, Ankara, Turkey.
Purpose:
To present a case of spontaneous suprachoroidal hemorrhage in a patient on anticoagulation.
Methods:
Single case report.
Results:
A 68-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, atherosclerosis, and heart failure presented with massive spontaneous suprachoroidal hemorrhage in the left eye. She had no known ophthalmic pathology. She was taking warfarin and she had a high international normalization ratio. Despite medical and surgical therapy, there was no improvement and vision deteriorated to no light perception.
Conclusion:
Spontaneous expulsive suprachoroidal hemorrhage is a rare entity. Advanced age, systemic anticoagulation, and hypertension are strong risk factors. It is important to monitor international normalization ratio in warfarinized patients; particularly, uncontrolled high levels may cause spontaneous suprachoroidal hemorrhage in the absence of predisposing ocular pathology.
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