Atlas of Ophthalmology

Congenital Zonular Cataract

Congenital Zonular Cataract
During development of the eye a thin subcapsular area opacifies and becomes, as the lens grows further, part of the nucleus. The center of the lens remains clear as the slitbeam shows.
Michelson, Georg, Prof. Dr. med., Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Augenklinik, Erlangen, Deutschland
Q12.03
Lens -> Congenital and Juvenile Cataracts, Usually Bilateral (see also: Congenital Syndromes) -> Congenital Zonular Cataract
embryology; lens
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