vitreous-block glaucoma

vitreous-block glaucoma
postoperative glaucoma in which the vitreous body plugs the pupil, so that the aqueous humor, which is unable to move to the anterior chamber, forces the vitreous body and iris forward, producing occlusion of the chamber angle and eventually peripheral anterior synechiae.

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