title: [Pathologic cataract due to ovarian failure].
abstract: The analysis of a group of 289 presenile cataracts, in patients between 31 and 60 years old showed that 33 cases were due to ovarian insufficiency, 9 of them appeared after ovariectomies for ovarian cyst, 9 after hysterectomies, 4 after other obstetrical and gynecological surgeries, 2 after ovarian inflammatory processes and 9 were generated by central ovarian insufficiency with precocious menopause. The low secretion of ovarian hormones and mainly of estrogenic hormones induces--at the level of sensitive receptors--involutive modifications such as the lens opacification.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cernea
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ignat
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dănciulescu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Cataracta patologică din insuficienţa ovariană.