PURPOSE: To describe the clinical course of a 52-year-old white man with previously undiagnosed hemophilia who suffered blunt trauma to the right eye with consequent delayed, spontaneous suprachoroidal hemorrhage. DESIGN: Observational case report. METHODS: The patient's clinical course from the time of trauma to postenucleation is discussed and correlated with B-scan ultrasonography and histopathology. RESULTS: The patient developed recurrent hyphemas, delayed choroidal hemorrhage with detachment and eventually loss of the eye. Hematologic evaluation established a diagnosis of mild factor VIII deficiency. CONCLUSION: Despite mild hemophilia, this patient had not experienced any clinically important morbidity until his eye injury. Ophthalmologists should be aware that bleeding disorders such as hemophilia predispose patients to spontaneous intraocular hemorrhage.
PURPOSE: To describe the clinical course of a 52-year-old white man with previously undiagnosed hemophilia who suffered blunt trauma to the right eye with consequent delayed, spontaneous suprachoroidal hemorrhage. DESIGN: Observational case report. METHODS: The patient's clinical course from the time of trauma to postenucleation is discussed and correlated with B-scan ultrasonography and histopathology. RESULTS: The patient developed recurrent hyphemas, delayed choroidal hemorrhage with detachment and eventually loss of the eye. Hematologic evaluation established a diagnosis of mild factor VIII deficiency. CONCLUSION: Despite mild hemophilia, this patient had not experienced any clinically important morbidity until his eye injury. Ophthalmologists should be aware that bleeding disorders such as hemophilia predispose patients to spontaneous intraocular hemorrhage.