Cytological diagnosis of phacolytic glaucoma utilizing millipore filtration of the aqueous.

An 88-year-old man of Ukrainian descent complained of decreasing vision of 20 years' duration. Vision had painlessly and progressively decreased in the right eye until 8 years before admission, when he had been struck in the right eye with a tree branch and sustained a laceration of the upper lid. Subsequently, there was further decrease in vision of the right eye. One week before admission, redness and mild pain were noted and topical corticosteroids were instituted by the patient's general practitioner. On the day of admission the patient's niece had discovered that the right cornea appeared to be white and opaque.