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Table 1

Causes of Hyphema

Primary Ophthalmic EtiologiesSystemic Disease Etiologies
Trauma (blunt or perforating)Hypertension
Extraocular vascular compression (choking, chest compression)Hyperviscosity syndrome
Preiridal fibrovascular membraneThrombocytopenia
Retinal detachmentClotting disorder
Primary intraocular neoplasia (iris melanoma, ciliary body adenoma/adenocarcinoma)Metastatic neoplasia (especially lymphoma)
Golden retriever pigmentary uveitisRickettsial disease
Patent anomalous congenital blood vessels (persistent pupillary membranes, tunica vasculosa lentis, hyaloid artery)FIP
Fungal disease
Prototheca
Parasitic (aberrant intraocular larval migration)