Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis: some observations on clinical picture and on cataract surgery

In a study of 33 patients of heterochromic cyclitis, some unusual clinical features were observed. In many cases the iris was feltlike, month eaten, and associated with gelatinous nodules at the pupillary border or over the surface of iris stroma. An association of pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule with bilateral heterochromic cyclitis was noted. Twenty-one eyes were subjected to cataract surgery. Hyphema (23.6%) and phacoanaphylactic uveitis (9.5%) were the main postoperative complications.