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Luxation of Hypermature Lens into Anterior Chamber

Luxation of Hypermature Lens into Anterior Chamber
Forward luxation of the hypermature, swollen lens has caused the anterior chamber to be deep in the periphery, because the iris diaphragm has dropped back, but flat over the luxated lens. Absolute indication to cataractextraction to prevent phacolytic open-angle glaucoma
Wollensak, Josef, Prof. Dr. med., Univ.-Augenklinik, Berlin, Germany
H27.1
Glaucomas, Ocular Hypertension -> Lens-Induced (Phakogenic) Glaucoma (see also angle closure glaucoma) -> Phakolytic Glaucoma
phacolytic open-angle glaucoma, emergency
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