Bilateral Subconjunctival Hemorrhages

Bilateral subconjunctival haemorrhage in childhood enteric fever.

Bilateral subconjunctival hemorrhage secondary to abciximab use: case report.

CONTEXT There are no reports on cases of subconjunctival hemorrhage due to use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors. In this report, we present the case of a patient with bilateral subconjunctival hemorrhage after receiving abciximab. CASE REPORT A 40-year-old male patient underwent coronary angiography after acute anterior myocardial infarction and a coronary stent was placed. Abciximab was a...

Recurrent, sequential, bilateral deep cerebellar hemorrhages: a case report

INTRODUCTION Hypertensive intra-cerebral hemorrhage is usually a one-time event and recurrences are rare. Most recurrences develop as part of long-term failure of blood pressure control. The site of the re-bleed is usually limited to the basal ganglia and thalami. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 59-year-old hypertensive Caucasian woman who developed two sequential, right- and then l...

Multiple retinal hemorrhages in bilateral congenital venous tortuosity

We present a case of a previously healthy 52-year-old woman with acute onset of scotomas in both eyes. It was associated with headache and vomiting for the past 1 week after a cold. The best-corrected visual acuity was 20/20 in both eyes. The examination of bilateral fundus revealed a venous tortuosity and mild dilatation in the posterior pole, with pre- and intraretinal hemorrhages. However, v...

Spontaneous heparin-induced thrombocytopenia presenting as bilateral adrenal hemorrhages and pulmonary embolism after total knee arthroplasty

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome is an acquired potentially life-threatening prothrombotic disorder caused by antibodies that recognize complexes of platelet factor 4 bound to heparin or heparin-like molecules. It typically occurs after exposure to unfractionated heparin, to a lesser extent after exposure to low-molecular-weight heparins, and rarely after exposure to fondaparinux. Here...