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Causes of Retinal Hemorrhage other than Child Abuse

Hemorrhages from these causes are usually few in number and confined to the posterior pole and not subretinal

  • Accidental Trauma
  • Hemodynamic
    • Hypertension
    • Hypotension
    • Hypoxia
    • ECMO
    • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  • Bleeding problems
    • Coagulopahty
    • Leukemia
  • Infectious
    • Meningitis
    • Sepsis
    • Endocarditis
  • Inflammatory
    • Vasculitis
  • Intracranial
    • Cerebral aneurysm
    • Increased Intracranial pressure
    • Papilledema
  • Retinal diseases
    • Infection
    • Hemangioma
  • Systemic/Metabolic

Adapted from Levin AV. Retinal Hemorrhages: Advances in Understanding. Pediatr Clin N Am 56 (2009) 333–344.