PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M S McMahon
AU  - J S Weiss
AU  - K G Riedel
AU  - D M Albert
TI  - Clinically unsuspected phacoanaphylaxis after extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.69.11.836
DP  - 1985 Nov 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 836--840
VI  - 69
IP  - 11
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/69/11/836.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/69/11/836.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1985 Nov 01; 69
AB  - We describe the histopathological findings of an enucleation specimen from a clinically undiagnosed case of phacoanaphylaxis which occurred after extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation. Phacoanaphylaxis, a granulomatous inflammatory response to liberated lens protein, is potentially curable by prompt removal of residual lens material. This case emphasises that the diagnosis of phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis should be considered in any case of extracapsular cataract extraction complicated by granulomatous intraocular inflammation.