کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4014277 1261844 2012 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Posterior capsular plaque in bilateral congenital cataracts
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی چشم پزشکی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Posterior capsular plaque in bilateral congenital cataracts
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundMany cases of unilateral congenital cataract have an associated posterior capsular plaque. Observations such as this have led to the hypothesis that posterior capsular plaque is caused by persistent fetal vasculature, generally a unilateral condition, even if no obvious hyaloid remnant is visible. We investigated the incidence of posterior capsular plaque associated with bilateral congenital cataracts.MethodsChildren with bilateral congenital cataracts were identified from three surgical practices. Children were included if lensectomies were performed prior to age 7 months. Surgical videos were evaluated for cataract morphology.ResultsFourteen children with bilateral cataracts were identified. Surgical videos were available for 24 eyes. Five eyes (21%) had evidence of persistent hyaloid remnants. Of the remaining 19 eyes, cataracts were categorized as nuclear in 10 cases, nuclear with cortical extension in 6 cases, and posterior cortical in 3 cases. Evidence of posterior capsular plaque was seen in seven cases (37%) on video review.ConclusionsVideo review revealed a much lower incidence of posterior capsular plaque in eyes with bilateral congenital cataracts compared to unilateral congenital cataracts, lending presumptive evidence to the hypothesis that most unilateral lens opacities arise from persistent fetal vasculature.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - Volume 16, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 17–20
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