Catalog

Cerulean cataract

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Link to WHO Definition

Cerulean cataract – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1188848969

Cerulean cataract is a type of hereditary congenital cataract distinguished by bluish and white opacifications in the superficial layers of the fetal lens nucleus and adult lens nucleus and characterised by reduced visual acuity in childhood, eventually necessitating extraction of the lens.