Metabolic cataract

 

Cataract 

Cause

Oil droplet cataract

Galactose metabolism 

Snowflake / Snowstorm cataract 

(Mnemonic: SSS)

Sorbitol accumulation i
n eye lens

(see in diabetes)

Sunflower cataract 

Copper metabolism
(Wilson disease)

Christmas tree cataract 

Myotonic dystrophy 

Glassblowers / Glassworkers

cataract 

Due to infrared
radiation 

 

Licence- Wikimedia CommonsnSource- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chrismas_tree_cataract.jpgnAuthor- ImrankabirhossainFigure- Chrismas tree cataract

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