title: Pseudophaco--anaphylactic endophthalmitis? P.M.M.A. related.
abstract: The pathological findings of pseudophacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis are described in a patient with a combined trabeculectomy, extracapsular cataract extraction and an "in-the-bag" posterior chamber lens implant, and who developed sympathetic ophthalmitis following a perforating eye injury within hours of his operation. Apart from the typical sympathetic histological findings, the eye revealed a pseudophaco-anaphylactic endophthalmitis reaction which appeared to be totally related to the polymethylmethacrylate (P.M.M.A.) optic. The "in-the-bag" polypropylene closed loops revealed no significant histological reaction.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mullaney
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Condon
mesh_terms: D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D008768:Methylmethacrylates