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Atopic cataract

MedGen UID:
543212
•Concept ID:
C0271174
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Andogsky's syndrome; Dermatogenous cataract
SNOMED CT: Atopic cataract (2951009); Dermatogenous cataract (2951009); Andogsky's syndrome (2951009)

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lens thickness in atopic cataract: case-control study.
Iida M, Masuda Y, Sano K, Ichihara K, Komatsu K, Shiba T, Iwaki H, Oki K, Tatemichi M, Nakano T
J Cataract Refract Surg 2023 Aug 1;49(8):853-857. doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001227. PMID: 37276274
Cataracts in atopic dermatitis: a case presentation and review of the literature.
Bair B, Dodd J, Heidelberg K, Krach K
Arch Dermatol 2011 May;147(5):585-8. Epub 2011 Jan 17 doi: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.411. PMID: 21242345
Intraocular lens implantation after atopic cataract surgery decreases incidence of postoperative retinal detachment.
Inoue M, Shinoda K, Ishida S, Uchida A, Kurosaka D, Katsura H, Tsubota K
Ophthalmology 2005 Oct;112(10):1719-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.04.021. PMID: 16095704
Cell-biological analysis of atopic cataractous lenses.
Majima K, Majima Y, Kousaka M
Ophthalmologica 1998;212(5):310-7. doi: 10.1159/000027314. PMID: 9693287
Retinal detachment associated with atopic dermatitis.
Takahashi M, Suzuma K, Inaba I, Ogura Y, Yoneda K, Okamoto H
Br J Ophthalmol 1996 Jan;80(1):54-7. doi: 10.1136/bjo.80.1.54. PMID: 8664234Free PMC Article

Therapy

Cataracts in atopic dermatitis: a case presentation and review of the literature.
Bair B, Dodd J, Heidelberg K, Krach K
Arch Dermatol 2011 May;147(5):585-8. Epub 2011 Jan 17 doi: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.411. PMID: 21242345
Cell-biological analysis of atopic cataractous lenses.
Majima K, Majima Y, Kousaka M
Ophthalmologica 1998;212(5):310-7. doi: 10.1159/000027314. PMID: 9693287
Breaks in the pars plicata following surgery for atopic cataract.
Katsura H, Oda H, Utsumi Y
Ophthalmic Surg 1994 Aug;25(8):514-5. PMID: 7970532
Atopic cataract induced by severe allergic contact dermatitis on the face.
Uehara M, Sato T
Dermatologica 1986;172(1):54-7. doi: 10.1159/000249294. PMID: 3956822
Reticulum cell sarcoma associated with generalized neurodermatitis (atopic), atopic cataract of the left eye and dermatopathic lymphadenitis, considerably improved by treatment with potassium paraaminobenzoic acid (KPAB).
FRIEDMAN R, ZARAFONETIS CJ
AMA Arch Derm Syphilol 1954 Nov;70(5):686-8. PMID: 13206414

Prognosis

Intraocular lens implantation after atopic cataract surgery decreases incidence of postoperative retinal detachment.
Inoue M, Shinoda K, Ishida S, Uchida A, Kurosaka D, Katsura H, Tsubota K
Ophthalmology 2005 Oct;112(10):1719-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.04.021. PMID: 16095704
Cell-biological analysis of atopic cataractous lenses.
Majima K, Majima Y, Kousaka M
Ophthalmologica 1998;212(5):310-7. doi: 10.1159/000027314. PMID: 9693287
Atopic cataracts in a Japanese population. With special reference to factors possibly relevant to cataract formation.
Uehara M, Amemiya T, Arai M
Dermatologica 1985;170(4):180-4. PMID: 3996701
Ocular findings in atopic dermatitis with special reference to the clinical features of atopic cataract.
Amemiya T, Matsuda H, Uehara M
Ophthalmologica 1980;180(3):129-32. doi: 10.1159/000308965. PMID: 7454225

Clinical prediction guides

Involvement of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in the pathogenesis of atopic cataracts.
Hori K, Matsuda A, Ebihara N, Imai K, Mori K, Funaki T, Watanabe Y, Nakatani S, Okada K, Matsuo O, Murakami A
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012 Apr 6;53(4):1846-51. doi: 10.1167/iovs.11-8380. PMID: 22410565
Cataracts in atopic dermatitis: a case presentation and review of the literature.
Bair B, Dodd J, Heidelberg K, Krach K
Arch Dermatol 2011 May;147(5):585-8. Epub 2011 Jan 17 doi: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.411. PMID: 21242345
Expression of protein gene product 9.5 in the anterior lens epithelial cells of atopic cataracts.
Nakajima J, Mekada A, Nakamura J, Nishida Y, Tokunaga Y
J Cataract Refract Surg 2002 Nov;28(11):2035-9. doi: 10.1016/s0886-3350(02)01420-7. PMID: 12457681
Expression of stress-response protein 60 in lens epithelial cells in atopic cataract.
Ishikura R, Kato S, Nagata M, Tamai A, Ohama E
Jpn J Ophthalmol 1999 Mar-Apr;43(2):89-96. doi: 10.1016/s0021-5155(98)00067-7. PMID: 10340789
Atopic cataracts in a Japanese population. With special reference to factors possibly relevant to cataract formation.
Uehara M, Amemiya T, Arai M
Dermatologica 1985;170(4):180-4. PMID: 3996701

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