Atlas of Ophthalmology

Mature Cataract

Mature Cataract
The cortex of the lens is opacified and the nucleus is brown. A membrane of subcapsular pseudometaplasia has formed underneath the anterior capsule (so-called anterior capsular cataract). This is an obstacle in extracapsular cataract extraction(ECCE).
Michelson, Georg, Prof. Dr. med., Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Augenklinik, Erlangen, Deutschland
H25.21
Lens -> Senile Cataract -> Mature Cataract
lens; operations
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