Total White Hypopyon: an Unusual Presentation of Phacolytic Glaucoma

  • Safinaz Mohd Khialdin Ophthalmology Department, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
  • Aida Z. Mohd Zahidin Ophthalmology Department, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
  • Jemaima Che Hamzah Ophthalmology Department, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
  • Ropilah Abdul Rahman Ophthalmology Department, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35119/asjoo.v12i4.322
Keywords: Cataract, Glaucoma, open-angle, Hypopyon

Abstract

Phacolytic glaucoma normally presents with clinical features of eye pain and redness, anterior chamber inflammation, and increased intraocular pressure. This report is of a patient with phacolytic glaucoma, which presented as a total white hypopyon in a non-inflamed eye. Other possible causes of pseudohypopyon in this age group such as endogenous endophthalmitis or Masquerade syndrome were excluded before the patient underwent extracapsular cataract extraction with secondary posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. She achieved satisfactory visual acuity postoperatively.

How to Cite
Khialdin, S., Zahidin, A., Hamzah, J., & Rahman, R. (1). Total White Hypopyon: an Unusual Presentation of Phacolytic Glaucoma. Asian Journal of Ophthalmology, 12(4), 218-220. https://doi.org/10.35119/asjoo.v12i4.322
Issue
Vol 12 No 4 (2011)
Section
Case Reports/Case Series

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