Vitreous Hemorrhage in Pediatric Age Group

Table 1

Causes of vitreous hemorrhage.

Cause	Number of eyes; (%)
Traumatic	198 (82.5%)
(i) Closed globe injury	63 (26.3%)
(a) Contusion	59 (24.6%)
(b) Laceration	2 (0.8%)
(c) Birth trauma	2 (0.8%)
(ii) Open globe injury	124 (51.7%)
(a) Penetration	104 (43.3%)
(b) Perforation	10 (4.2%)
(c) Rupture	10 (4.2%)
(iii) Postoperative	11 (4.6%)
Nontraumatic	42 (17.5%)
Retinoblastoma (RB)	5 (2.1%)
Terson’s syndrome	5 (2.1%)
Persistent fetal vasculature (PFV)	4 (1.7%)
Idiopathic	4 (1.7%)
Regressed retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)	3 (1.3%)
Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR)	3 (1.3%)
Intermediate uveitis	3 (1.3%)
Associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia	2 (0.8%)
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) with Coats-like disease	2 (0.8%)
Familial retinal artery macroaneurysm (FRAM)	2 (0.8%)
Nanophthalmos	2 (0.8%)
Neonatal meningitis	2 (0.8%)
Panuveitis (brucellosis)	1 (0.4%)
Stickler diseases with RRD	1 (0.4%)
Arteriovenous malformation	1 (0.4%)
Coats disease	1 (0.4%)
Marfan syndrome with RRD	1 (0.4%)

RRD: rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.