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OPHTHALMIC IMAGE
Year : 2020  |  Volume : 68  |  Issue : 9  |  Page : 1973

Pseudohypopyon after cataract surgery


Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Date of Web Publication20-Aug-2020

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Dr. Reema Bansal
Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160012
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_499_20

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Kumar N, Bansal R. Pseudohypopyon after cataract surgery. Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:1973

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Kumar N, Bansal R. Pseudohypopyon after cataract surgery. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2020 [cited 2024 Mar 29];68:1973. Available from: https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/text.asp?2020/68/9/1973/292572



A 50-year-old female presented to us with decreased vision (hand motions) in the left eye after cataract surgery done elsewhere 1 month ago. Diagnosed by the primary surgeon as endophthalmitis, she had received intravitreal antibiotics. The left eye examination revealed intraocular pressure 40 mmHg, aphakia, and mild cellular reaction. The retained lens matter mimicked a hypopyon of almost one-third anterior chamber height [Figure 1]. Posterior segment examination and ultrasonography revealed retained lens matter. She underwent pars plana vitrectomy for removal of lens matter. Retained lens matter in the anterior chamber can present as pseudohypopyon mimicking postoperative endophthalmitis.[1],[2]
Figure 1: Slit-lamp diffuse photograph of the left eye showing aphakia with retained cortical matter presenting as pseudohypopyon

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1.
Prakash G, Kumar A, Purohit A. Unusual case of residual cortical lens matter in anterior chamber. Br. J. Ophthalmol 2003;87:1421.  Back to cited text no. 1
    
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Yeo LM, Charteris DG, Bunce C, Luthert PJ, Gregor ZJ. Retained intravitreal lens fragments after phacoemulsification: a clinicopathological correlation. Br. J Ophthalmol 1999;83:1135-8.  Back to cited text no. 2
    


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