title: Morphological and morphometrical study of human lens in senile cataract.
abstract: Histological changes were studied in 34 senile cataractous lenses removed surgically from patients aged 50 to 78 years. Sixty-eight percent had nuclear sclerosis, 44% swollen cells and morgagnian globular changes, 23% calcium deposition, 15% migration of epithelial cells beneath posterior capsule and villous projection in posterior in 7%. Several cases had more than one histological abnormality. There was significant reduction in the diameter of epithelial cells of the cataract and insignificant change in capsular thickness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Basic Medical Sciences Institute, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Janjua
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010784:Photomicrography; D012016:Reference Values