Hypopyon
Medical condition with inflammatory cells inside the front of the eye / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hypopyon is a medical condition involving inflammatory cells in the anterior chamber of the eye.
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Hypopyon seen as yellowish exudate in lower part of anterior chamber of eye | |
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It is an exudate rich in white blood cells, seen in the anterior chamber, usually accompanied by redness of the conjunctiva and the underlying episclera. It is a sign of inflammation of the anterior uvea and iris, i.e. iritis, which is a form of anterior uveitis. The exudate settles at the dependent aspect of the eye due to gravity. It can be sterile (in bacterial corneal ulcer) or not sterile (fungal corneal ulcer).