Post-Traumatic Terson’s Syndrome, A Case Report

In 1881, Litten first described an intraretinal hemorrhage associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage in the German literature. However, Terson's description of vitreous hemorrhage following subarachnoid hemorrhage in 1900 is now associated with this syndrome. Terson’s syndrome has been more broadly applied to intraocular hemorrhages associated with other causes of rapidly increased intracranial pressure beyond subarachnoid hemorrhages. We report the case of a 54 years old mal patient admitted for head trauma. The patient experienced a sudden loss of visual acuity without pain in the both eyes, 4 hours later. CT-Scan performed in the emergency showed a bifrontal extradural hematoma and a tentoral subarachnoid hemorrhage. Ocular ultrasound confirmed vitreous hemorrhage.