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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2003;79:531-532
© 2003 Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine

CASE REPORT

Retrobulbar haemorrhage associated with chronic Gingko biloba ingestion

K C S Fong , P E Kinnear

Department of Ophthalmology, Charing Cross Hospital, London

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Mr Kenneth Fong, Department of Ophthalmology, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge UB8 3NN, UK;
fongcsk{at}yahoo.co.uk


ABSTRACT
Retrobulbar haemorrhage is a rare and potentially sight threatening complication after peribulbar local anaesthetic injection for cataract surgery. A case is reported of a woman who developed this complication and was subsequently found to have been taking Gingko biloba extract tablets which may have predisposed her to developing the haemorrhage.

Keywords: haemorrhage; Gingko biloba




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