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Dense posterior cortical cataract

MedGen UID:
870324
Concept ID:
C4024767
Finding
HPO: HP:0007948

Definition

A type of posterior cortical cataract characterized by dense lenticular opacities. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDense posterior cortical cataract

Conditions with this feature

Lowe syndrome
MedGen UID:
18145
Concept ID:
C0028860
Disease or Syndrome
Lowe syndrome (oculocerebrorenal syndrome) is characterized by involvement of the eyes, central nervous system, and kidneys. Dense congenital cataracts are found in all affected boys and infantile glaucoma in approximately 50%. All boys have impaired vision; corrected acuity is rarely better than 20/100. Generalized hypotonia is noted at birth and is of central (brain) origin. Deep tendon reflexes are usually absent. Hypotonia may slowly improve with age, but normal motor tone and strength are never achieved. Motor milestones are delayed. Almost all affected males have some degree of intellectual disability; 10%-25% function in the low-normal or borderline range, approximately 25% in the mild-to-moderate range, and 50%-65% in the severe-to-profound range of intellectual disability. Affected males have varying degrees of proximal renal tubular dysfunction of the Fanconi type, including low molecular-weight (LMW) proteinuria, aminoaciduria, bicarbonate wasting and renal tubular acidosis, phosphaturia with hypophosphatemia and renal rickets, hypercalciuria, sodium and potassium wasting, and polyuria. The features of symptomatic Fanconi syndrome do not usually become manifest until after the first few months of life, except for LMW proteinuria. Glomerulosclerosis associated with chronic tubular injury usually results in slowly progressive chronic renal failure and end-stage renal disease between the second and fourth decades of life.

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Zhang YT, Du LQ, Liu M, Zhu J
BMC Ophthalmol 2020 Jul 13;20(1):285. doi: 10.1186/s12886-020-01555-1. PMID: 32660455Free PMC Article
Vashist P, Talwar B, Gogoi M, Maraini G, Camparini M, Ravindran RD, Murthy GV, Fitzpatrick KE, John N, Chakravarthy U, Ravilla TD, Fletcher AE
Ophthalmology 2011 Feb;118(2):272-8.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.05.020. PMID: 20801514Free PMC Article
Rocha KM, Nosé W, Bottós K, Bottós J, Morimoto L, Soriano E
J Cataract Refract Surg 2007 Aug;33(8):1442-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.03.059. PMID: 17662439
Freeman G, Pesudovs K
Acta Ophthalmol Scand 2005 Aug;83(4):439-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00473.x. PMID: 16029267
Stifter E, Sacu S, Weghaupt H, König F, Richter-Müksch S, Thaler A, Velikay-Parel M, Radner W
J Cataract Refract Surg 2004 Jun;30(6):1259-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.11.051. PMID: 15177601

Diagnosis

Dherani M, Murthy GV, Gupta SK, Young IS, Maraini G, Camparini M, Price GM, John N, Chakravarthy U, Fletcher AE
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008 Aug;49(8):3328-35. Epub 2008 Apr 17 doi: 10.1167/iovs.07-1202. PMID: 18421094
Murthy GV, Gupta SK, Maraini G, Camparini M, Price GM, Dherani M, John N, Chakravarthy U, Fletcher AE
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007 Jan;48(1):88-95. doi: 10.1167/iovs.06-0284. PMID: 17197521
Freeman G, Pesudovs K
Acta Ophthalmol Scand 2005 Aug;83(4):439-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00473.x. PMID: 16029267
Foo KP, Maclean H
Ophthalmic Res 1996;28 Suppl 2:32-6. doi: 10.1159/000267954. PMID: 8883087

Therapy

Sundaresan P, Ravindran RD, Vashist P, Shanker A, Nitsch D, Talwar B, Maraini G, Camparini M, Nonyane BA, Smeeth L, Chakravarthy U, Hejtmancik JF, Fletcher AE
PLoS One 2012;7(3):e33001. Epub 2012 Mar 8 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033001. PMID: 22412971Free PMC Article
Vashist P, Talwar B, Gogoi M, Maraini G, Camparini M, Ravindran RD, Murthy GV, Fitzpatrick KE, John N, Chakravarthy U, Ravilla TD, Fletcher AE
Ophthalmology 2011 Feb;118(2):272-8.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.05.020. PMID: 20801514Free PMC Article
Dherani M, Murthy GV, Gupta SK, Young IS, Maraini G, Camparini M, Price GM, John N, Chakravarthy U, Fletcher AE
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008 Aug;49(8):3328-35. Epub 2008 Apr 17 doi: 10.1167/iovs.07-1202. PMID: 18421094
Murthy GV, Gupta SK, Maraini G, Camparini M, Price GM, Dherani M, John N, Chakravarthy U, Fletcher AE
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007 Jan;48(1):88-95. doi: 10.1167/iovs.06-0284. PMID: 17197521
Fraunfelder FT, Hanna C, Dreis MW, Cosgrove KW Jr
Am J Ophthalmol 1982 Aug;94(2):137-40. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(82)90067-8. PMID: 7114136

Prognosis

Patterson T, Reid G, Stewart S, Earley O
Ulster Med J 2024 Jan;93(1):12-17. Epub 2024 May 3 PMID: 38707980Free PMC Article
Freeman G, Pesudovs K
Acta Ophthalmol Scand 2005 Aug;83(4):439-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00473.x. PMID: 16029267
Stifter E, Sacu S, Weghaupt H, König F, Richter-Müksch S, Thaler A, Velikay-Parel M, Radner W
J Cataract Refract Surg 2004 Jun;30(6):1259-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.11.051. PMID: 15177601
Foo KP, Maclean H
Ophthalmic Res 1996;28 Suppl 2:32-6. doi: 10.1159/000267954. PMID: 8883087

Clinical prediction guides

Patterson T, Reid G, Stewart S, Earley O
Ulster Med J 2024 Jan;93(1):12-17. Epub 2024 May 3 PMID: 38707980Free PMC Article
Zhang YT, Du LQ, Liu M, Zhu J
BMC Ophthalmol 2020 Jul 13;20(1):285. doi: 10.1186/s12886-020-01555-1. PMID: 32660455Free PMC Article
Freeman G, Pesudovs K
Acta Ophthalmol Scand 2005 Aug;83(4):439-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00473.x. PMID: 16029267
Stifter E, Sacu S, Weghaupt H, König F, Richter-Müksch S, Thaler A, Velikay-Parel M, Radner W
J Cataract Refract Surg 2004 Jun;30(6):1259-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.11.051. PMID: 15177601
Akagi Y, Kador PF, Kinoshita JH
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1987 Jan;28(1):163-7. PMID: 3100473

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