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Acquired Unilateral Cataract

MedGen UID:
768666
•Concept ID:
C3640026
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A cataract in one eye that results from the aging process, an injury, or as a manifestation of a systemic disorder. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAcquired Unilateral Cataract

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Predictors of Glaucoma After Pediatric Cataract Surgery.
Vilares-Morgado R, Ferreira M, Godinho G, Melo AB, Barbosa-Breda J, Magalhães A, Estrela-Silva S
J Glaucoma 2024 May 1;33(5):317-324. Epub 2023 Dec 22 doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002345. PMID: 38129953
Surgical approach in type II Peters anomaly - case report.
Tătaru CI, Tătaru CP, Preoteasa LD
Rom J Ophthalmol 2022 Jan-Mar;66(1):101-108. doi: 10.22336/rjo.2022.20. PMID: 35531449Free PMC Article
Nystagmus in childhood.
Papageorgiou E, McLean RJ, Gottlob I
Pediatr Neonatol 2014 Oct;55(5):341-51. Epub 2014 Jul 31 doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2014.02.007. PMID: 25086850
Risk of cataract in persons with cytomegalovirus retinitis and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Kempen JH, Sugar EA, Lyon AT, Lewis RA, Jabs DA, Heinemann MH, Dunn JP; Studies of Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group
Ophthalmology 2012 Nov;119(11):2343-50. Epub 2012 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.05.044. PMID: 22853972Free PMC Article
Acquired central corneal thickness increase following removal of childhood cataracts.
Lim Z, Muir KW, Duncan L, Freedman SF
Am J Ophthalmol 2011 Mar;151(3):434-41.e1. Epub 2011 Jan 13 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.09.019. PMID: 21236412

Diagnosis

Surgical approach in type II Peters anomaly - case report.
Tătaru CI, Tătaru CP, Preoteasa LD
Rom J Ophthalmol 2022 Jan-Mar;66(1):101-108. doi: 10.22336/rjo.2022.20. PMID: 35531449Free PMC Article
A novel variant in the TSPAN12 gene-presenting as unilateral myopia, pediatric cataract, and heterochromia in a patient with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.
Elhusseiny AM, Jabroun M, Rajabi F, Gonzalez E, Alkharashi M
Eur J Ophthalmol 2022 Nov;32(6):NP6-NP9. Epub 2021 Jun 20 doi: 10.1177/11206721211027415. PMID: 34151585
Nystagmus in childhood.
Papageorgiou E, McLean RJ, Gottlob I
Pediatr Neonatol 2014 Oct;55(5):341-51. Epub 2014 Jul 31 doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2014.02.007. PMID: 25086850
Risk of cataract in persons with cytomegalovirus retinitis and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Kempen JH, Sugar EA, Lyon AT, Lewis RA, Jabs DA, Heinemann MH, Dunn JP; Studies of Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group
Ophthalmology 2012 Nov;119(11):2343-50. Epub 2012 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.05.044. PMID: 22853972Free PMC Article
Down's syndrome and early cataract.
Haargaard B, Fledelius HC
Br J Ophthalmol 2006 Aug;90(8):1024-7. Epub 2006 May 3 doi: 10.1136/bjo.2006.090639. PMID: 16672328Free PMC Article

Therapy

Predictors of Glaucoma After Pediatric Cataract Surgery.
Vilares-Morgado R, Ferreira M, Godinho G, Melo AB, Barbosa-Breda J, Magalhães A, Estrela-Silva S
J Glaucoma 2024 May 1;33(5):317-324. Epub 2023 Dec 22 doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002345. PMID: 38129953
In vivo analysis and comparison of anterior segment structures of both eyes in unilateral Fuchs' uveitis syndrome.
Ozer MD, Kebapci F, Batur M, Seven E, Tekin S
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019 Jul;257(7):1489-1498. Epub 2019 May 18 doi: 10.1007/s00417-019-04351-w. PMID: 31104138
Risk factors for damage in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus in Asians: a case control study.
Sit JKK, Chan WKY
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2018 Sep 10;16(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s12969-018-0271-8. PMID: 30201026Free PMC Article
Outbreak of acquired ocular toxoplasmosis involving 248 patients.
Balasundaram MB, Andavar R, Palaniswamy M, Venkatapathy N
Arch Ophthalmol 2010 Jan;128(1):28-32. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.354. PMID: 20065213
Acquired cataracts after argon laser photocoagulation for retinopathy of prematurity.
O'Neil JW, Hutchinson AK, Saunders RA, Wilson ME
J AAPOS 1998 Feb;2(1):48-51. doi: 10.1016/s1091-8531(98)90110-0. PMID: 10532367

Prognosis

Predictors of Glaucoma After Pediatric Cataract Surgery.
Vilares-Morgado R, Ferreira M, Godinho G, Melo AB, Barbosa-Breda J, Magalhães A, Estrela-Silva S
J Glaucoma 2024 May 1;33(5):317-324. Epub 2023 Dec 22 doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002345. PMID: 38129953
Surgical approach in type II Peters anomaly - case report.
Tătaru CI, Tătaru CP, Preoteasa LD
Rom J Ophthalmol 2022 Jan-Mar;66(1):101-108. doi: 10.22336/rjo.2022.20. PMID: 35531449Free PMC Article
In vivo analysis and comparison of anterior segment structures of both eyes in unilateral Fuchs' uveitis syndrome.
Ozer MD, Kebapci F, Batur M, Seven E, Tekin S
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019 Jul;257(7):1489-1498. Epub 2019 May 18 doi: 10.1007/s00417-019-04351-w. PMID: 31104138
Risk factors for damage in childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus in Asians: a case control study.
Sit JKK, Chan WKY
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2018 Sep 10;16(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s12969-018-0271-8. PMID: 30201026Free PMC Article
Risk of cataract in persons with cytomegalovirus retinitis and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Kempen JH, Sugar EA, Lyon AT, Lewis RA, Jabs DA, Heinemann MH, Dunn JP; Studies of Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group
Ophthalmology 2012 Nov;119(11):2343-50. Epub 2012 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.05.044. PMID: 22853972Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Predictors of Glaucoma After Pediatric Cataract Surgery.
Vilares-Morgado R, Ferreira M, Godinho G, Melo AB, Barbosa-Breda J, Magalhães A, Estrela-Silva S
J Glaucoma 2024 May 1;33(5):317-324. Epub 2023 Dec 22 doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002345. PMID: 38129953
Surgical approach in type II Peters anomaly - case report.
Tătaru CI, Tătaru CP, Preoteasa LD
Rom J Ophthalmol 2022 Jan-Mar;66(1):101-108. doi: 10.22336/rjo.2022.20. PMID: 35531449Free PMC Article
A novel variant in the TSPAN12 gene-presenting as unilateral myopia, pediatric cataract, and heterochromia in a patient with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy.
Elhusseiny AM, Jabroun M, Rajabi F, Gonzalez E, Alkharashi M
Eur J Ophthalmol 2022 Nov;32(6):NP6-NP9. Epub 2021 Jun 20 doi: 10.1177/11206721211027415. PMID: 34151585
Risk of cataract in persons with cytomegalovirus retinitis and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Kempen JH, Sugar EA, Lyon AT, Lewis RA, Jabs DA, Heinemann MH, Dunn JP; Studies of Ocular Complications of AIDS Research Group
Ophthalmology 2012 Nov;119(11):2343-50. Epub 2012 Jul 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.05.044. PMID: 22853972Free PMC Article
Down's syndrome and early cataract.
Haargaard B, Fledelius HC
Br J Ophthalmol 2006 Aug;90(8):1024-7. Epub 2006 May 3 doi: 10.1136/bjo.2006.090639. PMID: 16672328Free PMC Article

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