Post-cataract Hyphaema.

LESSON OF THE MONTH Transient monocular visual loss due to uveitis-glaucoma-hyphaema (UGH) syndrome

Uveitis-glaucoma-hyphaema (UGH) syndrome is an unusual cause of transient monocular visual loss which may follow cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation. If misdiagnosed as amaurosis fugax, patients may undergo unnecessary investigations and inappropriate treatment with aspirin. (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998;65:131–132)

Transient monocular visual loss due to uveitis-glaucoma-hyphaema (UGH) syndrome.

Uveitis-glaucoma-hyphaema (UGH) syndrome is an unusual cause of transient monocular visual loss which may follow cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation. If misdiagnosed as amaurosis fugax, patients may undergo unnecessary investigations and inappropriate treatment with aspirin.

Spontaneous hyphaema as a result of systemic anticoagulation in previously abnormal eyes.

Spontaneous hyphaema in patients on systemic anticoagulants has been described in normal eyes and also in eyes with certain intraocular lenses following cataract surgery. These cases are rare and in all the reported cases the hyphaemas resolved without sequelae. Four cases are reported here of spontaneous hyphaemas in previously abnormal eyes of patients on anticoagulants. Three of these patien...

Exundative* hyphaema after cataract extraction

Therapeutic procedures recommended include miotics (Rychener, I944), hot and cold compresses (Kushner, 1959), and anterior chamber irrigation with proteolytic enzymes (Podos, Liebman, and Pollen, I964; Sinskey and Kricheskey, I962; Scheie, Ashley, and Weiner, 196I; Pierse and Legrice, I964). Sinskey and Kricheskey (I959) observed that neither miotics nor mydriatics had any detectable effect on ...

Exundative hyphaema after cataract extraction. Role of paracentesis and anterior chamber lavage in therapy.