title: Spontaneous absorption of the lens in the congenital rubella syndrome.
abstract: Seven eyes in five patients with the congenital rubella syndrome have shown partial or complete absorption of a cataractous lens without surgical intervention. The rare occurrence of spontaneous lens absorption should not be a reason for delaying the early removal of dense bilateral cataracts in this condition.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002386:Cataract / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012409:Rubella; D013577:Syndrome