RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cataract in childhood: photograph methods in assessment.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 135
OP 140
DO 10.1136/bjo.61.2.135
VO 61
IS 2
A1 Brown, N
YR 1977
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/61/2/135.abstract
AB The slit-lamp examination of the child's lens with cataract can yield useful prognostic signs, especially when this is supplemented by slit-image photography and measurement. A normal lens size for the subject's age is a good prognostic sign and is usually associated with a static cataract or with very slow deterioration in a developmental cataract. A small lens and absence of the anterior subcapsular clear zone are each associated with progressive cataract. Nuclear lamellar cataracts are shown to become smaller in diameter with time, which favours medical treatment with mydriasis.