Table 6

Systemic disorders associated with sporadic cataracts in our series

DiseaseNumber of patients
Down's syndrome18
Rubella embryopathy9
Aniridia5
Juvenile chronic arthritis with uveitis4
Diabetes3
Galactosaemia3
Craniosynostosis2
Hallerman-Streiff syndrome1
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome1
X linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata1
Achondroplasia1
Marshall syndrome1
Mosaic trisomy 81
Partial duplication of chromosome 11
Lowe syndrome1
Unspecified collagen disorder1
Goldenhar syndrome1
Treacher-Collins syndrome1
Hereditary hyperferritinaemia cataract syndrome1