This photo shows what cell and flare look like under the slit-lamp. The “cell” are indidual cells, such as WBCs, that are floating in the aqueous. The “flare” is protein that has released through inflammed vasculature inside the eye.
Ocular inflammation like this, from causes like uveitis and post-surgical, is difficult for the beginning ophthalmology student to see under the microscope. One tip is to shorten your slit-beam, make it “fatter”, and shoot it in from an angle. Use the pupil as a background and focus in the anterior chamber. This will make more sense if you watch our cell and flare video, which shows these cells floating and moving.
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flare alone not demonstrated
Comment by andy — March 28, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
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grading of cell and flare
Comment by senthil — August 7, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
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