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Glaukomflecken Necrotic Lens Epithelial Cells Degenerated Subepithelial Cortex

Front What are glaukomflecken?
Back ā— Necrotic lens epithelial cells and degenerated subepithelial cortex that results from a hypoxic insult ā— Due to metaplasia that produces fibrous plaques intermixed with basement membrane

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