Table 1

Ophthalmic findings in patients with myotonic dystrophy

Patients	Age/ duration/ sex	Visus pre/post operation	Lens opacity	Retinal changes	ERG	Corneal CD (cells/mm²)	Lens CD (cells/ mm²)	Myotonia/ heart abnormality
1 H-II-2	59/16/M	LS/0.6	MCIO	+	OPsA	3676	3802	+/+
		HM/0.7	MCIO	+	OPsA	3095	3144	+/+
2 T-II-4	58/21/F	0.3/0.9	MCIO	+	OPsA	2865	2506	+/+
		0.4/1.0	MCIO	+	OPsA	3044	2849	+/+
3 O-III-1	33/2/M	0.06/1.0	PSCO	−	OPsA	3620	1326	+/+
		0.03/1.0	PSCO	−	OPsA	2868	1543	+/+

↵Age/duration/sex indicate the age and sex of the patients and duration of the disease; visus pre/post operation: best corrected visual acuity before and after operation; ERG=electroretinogram; corneal CD= corneal endothelial cell density; lens CD= lens epithelial cell density; myotonia and heart abnormality= patients who showed muscle weakness or myotonia in any other place in the body or who had heart abnormalities detected by electrocardiogram or cardioechography;
LS:=light sensitivity; HM= hand movements; MCIO:=multicoloured iridescent opacity; PSCO= posterior subcapsular opacity; OPsA=attenuated oscillatory potentials; the lens CD in patients with MD (average 2274 cells/mm²) was statistically significant, compared with controls with senile cataracts (average 4627 cells/mm²) (p=0.004).