Elsch·nig pearls

(elsh'nĭg),

focal retention of lens fibers that have undergone proliferative and degenerative changes surrounded by lens capsular fragments seen after extracapsular cataract extraction.

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Elschnig,

Anton, German ophthalmologist, 1863-1939.

Elschnig blepharorrhaphy

Elschnig bodies

Elschnig canthorrhaphy

Elschnig capsular forceps

Elschnig cataract knife

Elschnig corneal knife

Elschnig cyclodialysis spatula

Elschnig extrusion needle

Elschnig eye spoon

Elschnig iridectomy

Elschnig lens scoop

Elschnig lid retractor

Elschnig pearls - the proliferated anterior capsule of the lens of the eye after surgical capsulotomy or injury.

Elschnig pterygium knife

Elschnig refractor

Elschnig spots - isolated choroidal bright yellow or red spots with black pigment flecks at their borders, seen by ophthalmoscope in advanced hypertensive retinopathy.

Elschnig syndrome - ocular deformities often associated with cleft palate.

Elschnig trephine

Koerber-Salus-Elschnig syndrome - Synonym(s): Parinaud I syndrome

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