[The etiopathology of phacoantigenic uveitis and phacolytic glaucoma]

Abstract

The phacoantigenic uveitis is a self-immune affection at the lens proteins, which may be determined by a 3rd-type hypersensitivity, and some sterner forms by a 4th-type hypersensitivity. In phacolytic glaucomas, the macrophagic reaction at degraded lens proteins obstructs the trabecular gaps, determining the raise of ocular tension with the appearance of secondary glaucomas.