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Endophthalmitis, chronic infectious, after IOL

Endophthalmitis, chronic infectious, after IOL
Small hypopyon and barely visible fibrin. mixed injection. Chronic bacterial (Proprione bacterium) or mycotic endophthalmitis after lens implantation. The causative organisms are hidden in equatorial pockets of lens capsule. Formerly interpreted as toxic lens syndrome.
Wollensak, Josef, Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Berlin, Germany
H20.2
Anterior Chamber -> Inflammation (Flare, Cells, Fibrin, Hypopyon, Precipitates), Phacolytic Glaucoma, (see also Anterior Uveitis) -> Hypopyon
Iris and ciliary body, lens, infection
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