Abstract

Transparent globular bodies frequently constitute an interesting feature of after-cataract. A few of the many bodies of this nature observed by us, as seen with the slit lamp and the corneal microscope, are illustrated in figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Little has been written about this peculiar and frequently occurring phenomenon, although J. Hirschberg 1 remarked on drops which not only form a part of various cataracts but are found in after-cataract membranes. Elschnig 2 described them exactly and made microscopic examinations. He failed to mention Hirschberg. Koby 3 stated that transparent globules are found more frequently in the young than in the old and that he rarely met with globular cells after the fiftieth year. This has not been our experience. There seems to be no preference in regard to age. Of the four cases of after-cataract with formation of globules described by Vogt, 4

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