Open AccessLate occurrence of lens particle glaucoma due to an occult glass intralenticular foreign body
Author(s) -
MargaretA Reddy,
NadiaA Hassan,
S. Sreenivasa Reddy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
middle east african journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0975-1599
pISSN - 0974-9233
DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.53870
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , lens (geology) , ophthalmology , foreign body , traumatic cataract , glaucoma , surgery , optics , visual acuity , pathology , physics , alternative medicine
We report a case of traumatic mature cataract with a late occurrence of lens particle glaucoma after 11 years of trauma due to a presence of an occult intralenticular glass foreign body which was detected accidentally during the cataract surgery.
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