Inspection of the lens to determine the age of corticosteroid induced cataracts.
Since the lens grows layer upon layer one can estimate the age of a posterior subcapsular cataract by its thickness and distance from the posterior capsule. An artist's depiction of several examples are given. It is helpful for the ophthalmologist to draw in pencil the appearance of the PSC as seen with a +10D lens in the ophthalmoscope.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002386:Cataract / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones