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phacotoxic uveitisstresses
ophtalm. факогенный увеит (Lens-induced uveitis (LIU) is an uncommon autoinflammatory condition where the immune system's natural tolerance of lens protein is abandoned, most often occurring after traumatic or surgical lens injury. This disease is also known by other names including phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis, phacogenic uveitis, and phacotoxic uveitis eyewiki.org 'More); факоанафилактический увеит (A rare ophthalmic disorder characterized by a zonal granulomatous inflammatory reaction centered around the lens secondary to its traumatic rupture. Signs and symptoms include photophobia, ocular irritation or pain, blurred vision, redness, mutton-fat keratic precipitates, posterior synechiae, and sometimes hypopyon. Intraocular pressure may be elevated due to blockage of the trabecular meshwork by inflammatory cells or lens material. nih.gov 'More)