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Phacolytic Acute Open-Angle Glaucoma By Liquified Lens Cortex

Phacolytic Acute Open-Angle Glaucoma By Liquified Lens Cortex
Massive flare from whitish liquified lens (cortex) material and macrophages. They fill the deep anterior chamber. Cornea still clear. Absolute indication for immediate cataract removal.
Wollensak, Josef, Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Berlin, Germany
H40.542
Anterior Chamber -> Inflammation (Flare, Cells, Fibrin, Hypopyon, Precipitates), Phacolytic Glaucoma, (see also Anterior Uveitis) -> Flare (Tyndall)
secondary open-angle glaucoma; Lens; emergency, diagnostic picture
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