Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to facilitate removal of post-traumatic submacular haemorrhage.

A case report is presented of a 20-year-old man, who had posttraumatic choroidal rupture and thick submacular haemorrhage. The haemorrhage was successfully removed with vitrectomy and intraoperative fibrinolysis with subretinal tissue plasminogen activator. Six months postoperatively the visual acuity was 0.7 (6/9).