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Hemorragia submacular traumatica tratada con rt-PA y SF6

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 82; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4321/s0365-66912007000800013

1989-7286

Henar Heras-Mulero, P.J. García-Gómez, L.M. Sádaba-Echarri, Ángel Salinas-Alamán, Alfredo García‐Layana,

Glaucoma and retinal disorders

This patient was afflicted by a traumatic submacular hemorrhage. A posterior vitrectomy was performed and intravitreal rt-PA and SF6 were administered. Four weeks later, the visual acuity had increased from 0.1 to 0.8. No complications due to the treatment with rt-PA were reported.It is known that waiting for the spontaneous blood removal in such cases results in a poor visual acuity recovery due to a toxic effect of the blood products. Both rt-PA and the SF6 are useful for the treatment of submacular hemorrhages secondary to age-related macular degeneration, and this case report has shown they are also useful to lyse traumatic blood clots, thus contributing to a better recovery of visual acuity.