Arch Ophthalmol Chic
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Arch Ophthalmol Chic · Mar 1977
Case ReportsRecurrent traumatic hyphema. A sequel of injury to the Schlemm canal.
A patient with recurrent hyphema following blunt trauma to the left eye was found to have an angle recession with a laceration of the trabecular meshwork and Schlemm canal. Active bleeding from the Schlemm canal proved to be the cause of the recurrent hyphema. ⋯ While hyphema is a common manifestation of blunt ocular trauma, visible rupture of the Schlemm canal is most unusual. This paper describes the gonioscopic findings of a rupture of the Schlemm canal in a patient who had a traumatic hyphema and recurrent bleeding.