Bilateral spontaneous hyphema with uveitis in a young girl

A healthy 5-year-old girl presented with bilateral hyphema as an initial symptom of uveitis. The ocular findings and the patient's age suggested that the uveitis was due to juvenile rheumatic arthritis or chronic iridocyclitis.

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Published inJournal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 114 - 115
Main Authors SHIMADA, Yoshiaki, HORIGUCHI, Masayuki, OKUBO, Taku
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thorofare, NJ Slack 01.03.2004
SLACK INCORPORATED
Subjects
Arthritis, Juvenile - complications
Betamethasone - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Diseases of cornea, anterior segment and sclera
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use
Humans
Hyphema - diagnosis
Hyphema - drug therapy
Hyphema - etiology
Iridocyclitis - complications
Medical sciences
Mydriatics - therapeutic use
Ophthalmology
Phenylephrine - therapeutic use
Tropicamide - therapeutic use
Uvea diseases
Uveitis - diagnosis
Uveitis - drug therapy
Uveitis - etiology
Human
Eye disease
Effusion
Hyphema
Spontaneous
Uveitis
Bilateral
Uvea disease
Ophthalmology
Child
Anterior segment disease
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Summary:A healthy 5-year-old girl presented with bilateral hyphema as an initial symptom of uveitis. The ocular findings and the patient's age suggested that the uveitis was due to juvenile rheumatic arthritis or chronic iridocyclitis.
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ISSN:0191-3913
1938-2405
DOI:10.3928/0191-3913-20040301-14