Annals of ophthalmology
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Systemic anticoagulation rarely is responsible for intraocular hemorrhaging and usually does not require cessation before intraocular surgery. Spontaneous hyphema is only rarely described and then usually in patients who have some underlying vascular abnormality. A case is reported of a patient with no other underlying cause except that she was receiving warfarin sodium, in whom spontaneous hyphemas developed in each eye on two separate occasions.
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Annals of ophthalmology · Sep 1983
Case ReportsCorneal scarring associated with daily soft contact lens wear.
Three young people developed scarring of the corneas in both eyes with loss of visual acuity while wearing cosmetic daily wear soft contact lenses. The condition was bilateral in all cases. The scarring began superiorly, spreading inferiorly, and was associated with signs of external inflammation, that is, conjunctival injection and corneal staining, when the patient first presented. ⋯ Possible etiologies of this condition are discussed, including allergies to chemicals and lens deposits or a hypoxic phenomenon. Induced astigmatism, secondary to soft contact lens wear, has previously been documented, apparently related to prolonged wearing time. These cases may be demonstrating the same phenomenon developed to a more advanced and serious stage.