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Description
An 85-year-old patient presented with painful, sudden loss of unilateral vision. Misdiagnosed with endogenous endophthalmitis, he was offered evisceration after no response to antimicrobial therapy. The anterior chamber was opaque with hypopyon-like deposits and oozed liquefied lens material due to a neglected cataract whose lens had burst. After completing an urgent challenging cataract extraction, the patient regained his vision.
An 85-year-old patient presented with painful, sudden loss of unilateral vision. Misdiagnosed with endogenous endophthalmitis, he was offered evisceration after no response to antimicrobial therapy. The anterior chamber was opaque with hypopyon-like deposits and oozed liquefied lens material due to a neglected cataract whose lens had burst. After completing an urgent challenging cataract extraction, the patient regained his vision.
Filed Under
Cataract
cataract case
traumatic cataract
endophthalmitis
burst lens
surgical technique
challenging case
2019 film
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This film was submitted to the 37th Annual ASCRS Film Festival within the 2019 ASCRS ASOA Annual Meeting.