Lens dissolving glaucoma

Inflammatory glaucoma caused by lens protein leaking through the lens capsule during cataracts in mature or overripe stage is called phacolytic glaucoma or lens protein glaucoma. Open-angle glaucoma. Due to changes in the protein composition of the lens of the elderly, the high-molecular-weight lens protein increases, and cataracts in the mature or overripe stage release the lens protein through the fine openings of the lens capsule. Due to the inflammatory reaction of the protein deposits, the anterior chamber is full of engulfed lens Material phagocytic cells and inflammatory debris clog the trabecular meshwork, causing elevated intraocular pressure and secondary glaucoma. The results of modern laboratory research have a better understanding of its pathogenesis and clinical classification. In 1955, Flocks first proposed the name of lens-soluble glaucoma.

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