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Hypopyon
Aka: Hypopyon, Pseudohypopyon
- See Also
- Hyphema
- Definitions
- Hypopyon
- Layering out of White Blood Cells in anterior chamber
- Pseudohypopyon
- Neoplastic cell accumulation in the anterior chamber
- May occur with Lymphoma, Leukemia or Retinoblastoma
- Evaluated with flow cytometry of the anterior chamber aspirate
- Causes
- Endoophthalmitis
- Anterior Uveitis
- Corneal Ulcer
- Behcet's Disease
- Causes an Anterior Uveitis, of which 10-30% of patients develop a Hypopyon
- References
- Rubin (2022) Am Fam Physician 105(2): 191-2 [PubMed]