Unilateral vitreous haemorrhage secondary to caudal epidural injection: a variant of Terson's syndrome
- Eye Clinic, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland
- Correspondence to: Dr Gibran; syedgibran{at}yahoo.com
- Accepted 15 August 2001
Terson's syndrome is characterised by vitreous haemorrhage accompanying subarachnoid or any other form of intracranial haemorrhage. Although Litten reported vitreous haemorrhage in association with subarachnoid haemorrhage in 1881, it was Terson who described the syndrome in 1900. Haemorrhage in Terson's syndrome may be contained between the internal limiting membrane and retina or extend into the vitreous cavity. Other findings include multiple preretinal, intraretinal, subretinal haemorrhages, as well as macular rings1 and epiretinal membranes.2
Case report
A 47 year old man with chronic back pain due to epidural adhesions (confirmed in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) was referred to the anaesthetic department for caudal epidural injection of …
