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Posterior Subcapsular Cataract Grade 4

MedGen UID:
1623426
•Concept ID:
C4525734
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A stage of posterior subcapsular cataract characterized by greater than 50% of the posterior capsule obscured by opacity. (Modified LOCS II) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPosterior Subcapsular Cataract Grade 4

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Evaluating the associations between obesity and age-related cataract: a Mendelian randomization study.
Tan AG, Kifley A, Flood VM, Holliday EG, Scott RJ, Cumming RG, Mitchell P, Wang JJ
Am J Clin Nutr 2019 Oct 1;110(4):969-976. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz167. PMID: 31401654
Use of inhaled and oral corticosteroids and the long-term risk of cataract.
Wang JJ, Rochtchina E, Tan AG, Cumming RG, Leeder SR, Mitchell P
Ophthalmology 2009 Apr;116(4):652-7. Epub 2009 Feb 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.12.001. PMID: 19243828
Lutein and zeaxanthin and the risk of cataract: the Melbourne visual impairment project.
Vu HT, Robman L, Hodge A, McCarty CA, Taylor HR
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006 Sep;47(9):3783-6. doi: 10.1167/iovs.05-0587. PMID: 16936087
Plasma antioxidant vitamins and carotenoids and age-related cataract.
Gale CR, Hall NF, Phillips DI, Martyn CN
Ophthalmology 2001 Nov;108(11):1992-8. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(01)00833-8. PMID: 11713067
Posterior subcapsular and nuclear cataract after vitrectomy.
Hsuan JD, Brown NA, Bron AJ, Patel CK, Rosen PH
J Cataract Refract Surg 2001 Mar;27(3):437-44. doi: 10.1016/s0886-3350(00)00585-x. PMID: 11255058

Prognosis

Lens Opacities Classification System III-based artificial intelligence program for automatic cataract grading.
Lu Q, Wei L, He W, Zhang K, Wang J, Zhang Y, Rong X, Zhao Z, Cai L, He X, Wu J, Ding D, Lu Y, Zhu X
J Cataract Refract Surg 2022 May 1;48(5):528-534. doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000790. PMID: 34433780
Myopia and the long-term incidence of cataract and cataract surgery: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.
Kanthan GL, Mitchell P, Rochtchina E, Cumming RG, Wang JJ
Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2014 May-Jun;42(4):347-53. Epub 2013 Oct 11 doi: 10.1111/ceo.12206. PMID: 24024555
Lens retrodots and vacuoles and their associations with the prevalence and incidence of age-related cataract.
Tan AG, Mitchell P, Rochtchina E, Hong T, Cumming RG, Wang JJ
Eye (Lond) 2012 Apr;26(4):568-75. Epub 2011 Dec 23 doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.349. PMID: 22193877Free PMC Article
Myopia and incident cataract and cataract surgery: the blue mountains eye study.
Younan C, Mitchell P, Cumming RG, Rochtchina E, Wang JJ
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2002 Dec;43(12):3625-32. PMID: 12454028
Posterior subcapsular and nuclear cataract after vitrectomy.
Hsuan JD, Brown NA, Bron AJ, Patel CK, Rosen PH
J Cataract Refract Surg 2001 Mar;27(3):437-44. doi: 10.1016/s0886-3350(00)00585-x. PMID: 11255058

Clinical prediction guides

Lens Opacities Classification System III-based artificial intelligence program for automatic cataract grading.
Lu Q, Wei L, He W, Zhang K, Wang J, Zhang Y, Rong X, Zhao Z, Cai L, He X, Wu J, Ding D, Lu Y, Zhu X
J Cataract Refract Surg 2022 May 1;48(5):528-534. doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000790. PMID: 34433780
Effect of Cataract Grade according to Wide-Field Fundus Images on Measurement of Macular Thickness in Cataract Patients.
Kim M, Eom Y, Song JS, Kim HM
Korean J Ophthalmol 2018 Jun;32(3):172-181. Epub 2018 May 15 doi: 10.3341/kjo.2017.0067. PMID: 29770639Free PMC Article
Cataract and quality of life in patients with glaucoma.
Skalicky SE, Martin KR, Fenwick E, Crowston JG, Goldberg I, McCluskey P
Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2015 May-Jun;43(4):335-41. Epub 2014 Oct 30 doi: 10.1111/ceo.12454. PMID: 25294739
The prevalence of cataract in a population with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Olafsdottir E, Andersson DK, Stefánsson E
Acta Ophthalmol 2012 Jun;90(4):334-40. Epub 2011 Dec 16 doi: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02326.x. PMID: 22176834
Frailty and age-related cataract.
Klein BE, Klein R, Knudtson MD
Ophthalmology 2006 Dec;113(12):2209-12. Epub 2006 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.04.035. PMID: 16996595

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