title: Effect of cataract on intraocular pressure.
abstract: Cases of immature and mature cataract were selected to study normal values in relation to hypermature cataract. We observed that cases of hypermature cataract had a high intraocular tension which was associated with a high protein level and increase in the number of macrophages in the aqueous. We concluded that a phacolytic mechanism is responsible for a secondary rise of intraocular tension in cases of hypermature cataract.
mesh_terms: D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology; D002386:Cataract / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003459:Crystallins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008264:Macrophages
chemical_list: D003459:Crystallins