2005, Number 3
Clinical spectrum of a family with lamellar dominant autonomic cataract.
Messina-Baas OM, González-Huerta LM, Cuevas-Covarrubias SA
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ABSTRACT
Congenital or infantile cataract is one of the most common causes of blindness in childhood. It occurs in 1-6 cases per 10, 000 births and has multiple causes. Cataract may be present as the only ocular affliction or as a part of an inherited disorder. The frequency of hereditary cataracts has been estimated between 8 and 25 percent of congenital cataracts. Most inherited cataracts, in which solely the lens is involved, harbor an autosomal dominant pattern. Shape, distribution, size and pattern of the cataract are very important to determine the etiology and to suspect the genetic component. Lamellar dominant cataract is a rare entity characterized by lens opacities that resemble finger-like protuberances projecting from an opacified nucleus. Onset is very early and surgical treatment is required in the first year of life. In the present study, we describe a family with dominant cataract. The patients showed a different evolution of the symptoms and some of them harbored a high degree of myopia.