Medical Sciences | Open Access | DOI: https://doi.org/10.37547/TAJMSPR/Volume02Issue12-22

Snow Flakes In Summer Running Title: Phacolytic Glaucoma

Dr Anubhav Chauhan , (M.S Ophthalmology), Medical Officer(Specialist), Deptt. of Ophthalmology, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College and Hospital, Nerchowk, Distt. Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
Dr Anchit Wapa , (M.S Ophthalmology), Senior Resident, Deptt. of Ophthalmology, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College and Hospital, Nerchowk, Distt. Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
Dr Deepak Kumar Sharma , (M.S Ophthalmology), Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Ophthalmology, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College and Hospital, Nerchowk, Distt. Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
Dr Pankaj Kumar Thakur , (M.S Ophthalmology), Senior Resident, Deptt. of Ophthalmology, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Government Medical College and Hospital, Nerchowk, Distt. Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

A 70-year-old female visited our hospital last summer with a history of painless, progressive diminition of vision in the left eye for the the past 1 years. She complained of developing sudden pain in the left eye for the past three days. There was no other significant history. The significant findings on her left eye examination was a visual acuity of perception of light with accurate projection of rays, corneal edema, hypermature cataract seen through a hazy media, deep anterior chamber and floating white lens particles looking like minute snow flakes filling the aqueous and forming a pseudohypyon(figure 1).

 

Keywords

Snow Flakes, Phacolytic Glaucoma

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Dr Anubhav Chauhan, Dr Anchit Wapa, Dr Deepak Kumar Sharma, & Dr Pankaj Kumar Thakur. (2020). Snow Flakes In Summer Running Title: Phacolytic Glaucoma. The American Journal of Medical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research, 2(12), 141–143. https://doi.org/10.37547/TAJMSPR/Volume02Issue12-22