Glaucoma associated with intraocular haemorrhage

Definition

Ghost cell glaucoma is a condition where bleeding into the vitreous body or anterior chamber can lead to intraocular pressure elevation when stiffer red blood cells that have lost their haemoglobin obstruct the trabecular meshwork.

Inclusions

• ghost cell glaucoma

Also indexed as

Nearby in Secondary open-angle glaucoma

• 9C61.20Pseudoexfoliative open-angle glaucoma
• 9C61.21Pigmentary open-angle glaucoma
• 9C61.22Lens-induced secondary open-angle glaucoma
• 9C61.24Glaucoma due to eye inflammation
• 9C61.25Glaucomato-cyclitic crisis
• 9C61.26Secondary open-angle glaucoma due to parasitic eye disease
• 9C61.27Glaucoma due to intraocular tumours
• 9C61.28Glaucoma associated with retinal detachment