Inflammation of the ocular cavities and their adjacent structures.

• lens-induced e. — see phacoanaphylactic endophthalmitis (see below).
• nonsuppurative e. — may be caused by trauma to the eye, or secondary to severe corneal inflammation.
• phacoanaphylactic e. — hypersensitivity to lens material. Called also lens-induced endophthalmitis.
• starch e. — inflammation caused by starch from surgical gloves.
• suppurative e. — caused by foreign bodies or infectious agents, which may be associated with systemic infection.

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