Effect of cataract on intraocular pressure

Cases of immature and mature cataract were selected to study normal values in relation to hypermature cataract. We observed that cases of hypermature cataract had a high intraocular tension which was associated with a high protein level and increase in the number of macrophages in the aqueous. We concluded that a phacolytic mechanism is responsible for a secondary rise of intraocular tension in cases of hypermature cataract.