Hypopyon

Définitions de « hypopyon »

Hypopyon - Nom commun

• Accumulation de pus dans la chambre antérieure de l’œil.

  Il existe un petit hypopyon, de 1 mm. à peine.

Étymologie de « hypopyon »

Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « hypopyon » depuis 1800

Citations contenant le mot « hypopyon »

• Chao AN, Chao A, Wang NC, Kuo YH, Chen TL . Pink hypopyon caused by Klebsiella pneumonia. Eye (Lond) 2010; 24 (5): 929–931.

• On physical exam, the 72-year-old woman retained visual acuity of light perception, and the exam was otherwise notable for "a hypopyon filling the anterior chamber with an epithelial defect involving most of the cornea," while the right eye was unremarkable (she had bilateral dry eye syndrome).

• We report an atypical presentation of immune reactivation uveitis (IRU) with haemorrhagic hypertensive hypopyon uveitis after highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in AIDS.

• The AM graft was prepared and cryopreserved by local eye bank using the Good Tissue Banking Practice procedures. Despite the tested sterility of the ocular surface, the preoperative antibiotic treatment, and the uneventful perioperative period, he developed a 2 mm hypopyon within 48 hours when reviewed him after primary AMT. He was using the routine regimen of tobramycin 3 mg/ml and dexamethasone 1 mg/ml eye drops six times daily on a fixed combination.

Traductions du mot « hypopyon »

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• Définitions du Littré (1872-1877)
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