Book1 Flashcards
Congenital nuclear cataracts
congential cataract
Anterior polar cataracts (Pyramidal)
congential cataract
Posterior polar cataracts
congential cataract
Umbilical cataracts
congential cataract
Axial fusion cataract
congential cataract
Sutural opacities
congential cataract
What is filled in the extra spaces in a sutural opacity cataract?`
albuminoid substance
Coralliform cataract
congential cataract
Persistent hyper plastic primary vitreous (PHPV)
NAME?
Mittendorf dot
congential cataract
Tunica vasculosa lentis
a form of PHPV -> may cause congential cataract
Lens coloboma
subluxated lens –> disattached from zonules
If a patient has a subluxated lens, do you want the lens to fall forward to cornea, or fall to retina?
fall to retina
Lamellar cataract (Zonular)
congential cataract
Galactosemia cataract
congential cataract
2 causes for galactosemia. Which one causes cataracts?!?!
1) (-) galactokinase –> formation of cataracts
Spherophakia (microspherophakia)
congential cataract
Lenticonus
congential cataract
Lentiglobus
congential cataract
What are senescent cataracts caused by?
decreased lens metabolism, Na+/K+ pump slows down
What are some common pt cc for senescent cataracts?
- smoky hazy vision
Cortical cataracts (cuneiform)
located in lens cortex