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Spontaneous orbital haemorrhage following cardiac angioplasty
  1. PETROS ANDREOU,
  2. RICHARD WINTLE,
  3. JOHN BRAZIER
  1. University College Hospital
  2. Eye Department, The Middlesex Hospital
  3. Outpatient Department, Cleveland Street
  4. London W1N 8AA, UK
  1. Mr Petros Andreou

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Editor,—Orbital haemorrhage occurs most commonly following trauma, retrobulbar injection, or orbital surgery. Spontaneous orbital haemorrhage is a rare condition usually associated with vascular anomalies, lymphangiomas, or systemic haematological disorders.1-3 Rarely, it has been reported in pregnant females being treated with subcutaneous heparin.4 In this case report, we describe a woman who developed a spontaneous orbital haemorrhage in the perioperative period following cardiac angioplasty.

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