Preretinal hemorrhage

• Main Authors: Eduardo Felippe, Álvaro Sales, Jean Soglia, Rodrigo Ribeiro, Cláudio Póla, Jorge Mitre, José Ricardo Carvalho de Lima Rehder
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2004-12-01
• Series: Einstein (São Paulo)
• Subjects: Valsalva maneuver; Lasers/therapeutic use; Visual acuity; Eye hemorrhage
• Online Access: http://www.einstein.br/biblioteca/artigos/Vol2Num4/Preretinal%20hemorrhage_02.pdf
• ISSN: 1679-4508

A case of Valsalva hemorrhagic retinopathy treated with Nd:YAGlaser indescribed. The patient presented decreased visual acuityafter coughing, and a preretinal hemorrhage was diagnosed in theposterior pole; puncturing the posterior hyaloid face was performedwith Nd:Yag laser. Rapid hemorrhage absorption was observedafter the therapy proposed and visual acuity was recovered. Nd:Yaglaser proved to be safe and efficient in the management of preretinalhemorrhage.