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Glaucoma, Hyphema: Multimedia

Author: Inci Irak-Dersu, MD, Assistant Professor, Director of Glaucoma Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Jones Eye Institute
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Updated: Dec 28, 2007

Multimedia

Layered hyphema from blunt trauma.Media file 1: Layered hyphema from blunt trauma.
Layered hyphema from blunt trauma.

Layered hyphema from blunt trauma.

Total or 8-ball hyphema.Media file 2: Total or 8-ball hyphema.
Total or 8-ball hyphema.

Total or 8-ball hyphema.

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References

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Further Reading

Keywords

hyphema, microhyphema, hemorrhage in the anterior chamber

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Inci Irak-Dersu, MD, Assistant Professor, Director of Glaucoma Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Jones Eye Institute
Inci Irak-Dersu, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, and Arkansas Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Andrew I Rabinowitz, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center
Andrew I Rabinowitz, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Aerospace Medical Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology, and American Medical Association
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Managing Editor

Martin B Wax, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School; Vice President, Ophthalmology Research and Development, Head, Ophthalmology Discovery Research, Alcon Labs, Inc
Martin B Wax, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, and Society for Neuroscience
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CME Editor

Lance L Brown, OD, MD, Ophthalmologist, Affiliated With Freeman Hospital and St John's Hospital, Regional Eye Center, Joplin, Missouri
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Chief Editor

Hampton Roy Sr, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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