title: Blindness from metabolic cataract--a presenting manifestation of diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Metabolic cataracts in diabetic patients usually develop within the first 3 years of the disease and cause little or no visual disability, but may progress to blindness. We report our findings in 3 patients who previously had normal vision and who presented with virtual blindness from cataract formation at the time of detection of their diabetes.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans