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Elschnig pearls — round or oval transparent cystic structures seen through the pupil of the eye, due to proliferation of lens epithelial cells following extracapsular cataract extraction. They can grow to occlude the pupil and hence cause reduction in vision… … The new mediacal dictionary
Elschnig bodies — clear grapelike clusters formed by proliferation of epithelial cells after extracapsular extraction of a cataractous lens; called also Elschnig pearls … Medical dictionary
Elschnig bodies (pearls) — Elsch·nig bodies (pearls) (elshґnig) [Anton Philipp Elschnig, Austrian ophthalmologist, 1863–1939] see under body … Medical dictionary
Elschnig — Anton, German ophthalmologist, 1863–1939. See E. pearls, under pearl, E. spots, under spot, Koerber Salus E. syndrome … Medical dictionary
Anton Elschnig — (August 22, 1863 1939) was an Austrian ophthalmologist, born in Leibnitz. He was an ophthalmic surgeon in Graz and Vienna. From 1907 until 1933 he was a professor and head of the University of Prague Eye Clinic.He is best known for performing… … Wikipedia
perlas de Elschnig — Eng. Elschnig s pearls Células del epitelio subcapsular anterior que emigran desde la zona germinativa ecuatorial hacia la cápsula posterior, proliferando en fibras aberrantes que dan lugar a unas formaciones quísticas responsables de la… … Diccionario de oftalmología
pearl — 1. A concretion formed around a grain of sand or other foreign body within the shell of certain mollusks. 2. One of a number of small tough masses, such as mucus occurring in the sputum in asthma. 3. SYN: keratin p … Medical dictionary
