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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Reverse hypopyon formed by emulsified silicone oil in the anterior chamber

Reverse hypopyon formed by emulsified silicone oil in the anterior chamber

Category(ies): Retina, Vitreous
Contributor: Jesse Vislisel, MD
Photographer: Cindy Montague, CRA

A "reverse hypopyon" can form when emulsified silicone oil used during vitreoretinal surgery enters the anterior chamber of the eye. The silicone oil floats in the aqueous to look like a layered hypopyon in the upper portion of the anterior chamber. Also visible in this photograph is an inferior peripheral iridectomy and sectoral iris nevus.