<prompt> Recurrent vitreous hemorrhage in an otherwise healthy young male is caused by: March 2012TraumaRetinal vein obstructionEales diseaseSickle cell retinopathy  <response>: Ans: C i.e. Eales disease Vitreous hemorrhage Vitreous hemorrhage in the young commonly follows contusion or a perforating injury Venous obstruction is prone to occur when the patient is hypeensive or atherosclerotic. About 3 months after the occlusion, capillary microaneurysms and fibrovascular proliferation may occur vitreous hemorrhage may arise from the delicate new vessels Eales disease is an idiopathic, inflammatory peripheral retinal vasculopathy which presents with recurrent vitreous haemorrhages in young males. Sickle cell C disease has its clinical manifestations predominantly in the eye 