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)

ROP: regressed retinopathy of prematurity. AV: arteriovenous. FRAM: familial retinal artery macroaneurysm. FEVR: familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. PFV: persistent fetal vasculature. RRD: rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.