You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Letter to the Editor
Subretinal haemorrhage in idiopathic intracranial hypertension
  1. BARRY J McCASLAND
  1. Department of Neurology
  2. Department of Ophthalmology
  3. Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and of Neurological Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Altanta, GA 30322, USA
  1. MARIA E MENDICINO
  1. Department of Neurology
  2. Department of Ophthalmology
  3. Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and of Neurological Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Altanta, GA 30322, USA
  1. NANCY J NEWMAN
  1. Department of Neurology
  2. Department of Ophthalmology
  3. Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and of Neurological Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Altanta, GA 30322, USA
  1. Dr Newman.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.83.7.878g

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    Editor,—Haemorrhage into the various spaces and potential spaces of the eye is a not uncommon finding in idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), especially nerve fibre layer haemorrhages, a nearly constant feature of fully developed papilloedema. Less frequently reported are vitreous, subhyaloid, and subretinal haemorrhages. We present a patient with bilateral peripapillary subretinal haemorrhages as the prominent manifestation of IIH, whose haemorrhages resolved as her IIH improved.

    CASE REPORT

    A 41 year old obese woman was evaluated because of an unusual optic disc appearance bilaterally. One year before evaluation, she developed severe, diffuse headaches which would wake her from sleep. There were no associated visual symptoms. Brain computed tomography (CT) was normal. The headaches resolved spontaneously, only to recur months later, this time accompanied by blurred vision. She was seen by an optometrist, who noted “retinal bleeding”.

    On examination she was obese but appeared well with a blood pressure of 130/90. Corrected …

    View Full Text