Research Article
Vitreous Hemorrhage in Pediatric Age Group
Table 3
Causes of vitreous hemorrhage for nontraumatic eyes according to the age group.
| Causes | Age groups | Total (%) | <1 year (%) | 1–5 years (%) | >5–10 years (%) | >10 years (%) |
| Retinoblastoma | 2 (20.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 | Terson’s syndrome | 0 (0.0) | 3 (20.0) | 1 (11.1) | 1 (12.5) | 5 | Spontaneous/idiopathic | 3 (30.0) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 | PFV | 2 (20.0) | 2 (13.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 | Spontaneous/regressed ROP | 0 (0.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 | FEVR | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (37.5) | 3 | Intermediate uveitis | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (12.5) | 3 | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) | 2 | Exudative retinitis pigmentosa | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (25.0) | 2 | FRAM | 0 (0.0) | 2 (13.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 | Nanophthalmos | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 | Neonatal meningitis | 2 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 | AV malformation | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 | Coats disease | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 | Marfan syndrome with RRD | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 1 | Panuveitis-brucellosis | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 | Stickler syndrome RRD | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 | Total | 10 (23.8) | 15 (35.7) | 9 (21.4) | 8 (19.0) | 42 (100) |
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ROP: regressed retinopathy of prematurity. AV: arteriovenous. FRAM: familial retinal artery macroaneurysm. FEVR: familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. PFV: persistent fetal vasculature. RRD: rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
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