A hyphema is a pooling or collection of blood inside the anterior chamber of the eye (the space between the cornea and the iris). The blood may cover most or all of the iris and the pupil, blocking ...

Injuries can cause bleeding in the front (or anterior chamber) of your eye, between the cornea and the iris. This bleeding is called a hyphema. This part of your eye holds a clear liquid called ...

All ophthalmologists have seen a hyphema: blood in the anterior chamber, often after significant ocular trauma. In many cases, this blood is just a small amount, and it resolves over the course of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 48-year old white female presented for her annual eye exam through our primary care service. She was severely ...

Choristoma is a congenital tumor of tissues not normally present in the involved area. Lacrimal gland choristoma or ectopic lacrimal gland tissue is an uncommon lesion of the eye that can be seen in ...

Eye bleeding typically means bleeding or a broken blood vessel involving the tissue layers on the outer surface of the eye. This is a subconjunctival hemorrhage. But there is another, less common type ...

The study authors utilized a variety of search engines to obtain randomized and quasi-randomized trials assessing the efficacy of various medical interventions used in the treatment of traumatic ...

Work-related injuries may have been underrepresented in adults because closed eye injuries that cause hyphema were studied, whereas work-related eye injuries in a predominantly agricultural population ...

Badminton is the leading cause of racquet sports–related eye injuries in Canada, and traumatic hyphema is a common complication. More than half of patients with ocular injuries from badminton never ...

A 72-year-old man with type 2 diabetes presented with discomfort and blurry vision in his right eye. Slit-lamp examination (shown in a video) revealed an enlarging pool of blood in the anterior cha ...

An eye bleed can appear in the form of blotches or complete redness of the eye. A person may also experience blood-stained tears. Eye bleeds can be harmless, but they may also indicate an underlying ...