title: Rapidly progressive idiopathic lenticular astigmatism.
abstract: A myopic 43-year-old woman with early nuclear sclerotic cataract developed more than 11.0 diopters (D) of astigmatism over a 6-month period. This was found to be lenticular in origin. Phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation was performed, resulting in residual astigmatism of 0.75 D. To our knowledge, this is the first case of rapidly progressive lenticular astigmatism in an otherwise healthy eye with early nuclear sclerotic cataract.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Naing L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Tint
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jayaswal
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Masood
authors.forename: V Senthil
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Maharajan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015858:Anisometropia / Q000209:etiology; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002386:Cataract / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D019781:Corneal Topography; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007907:Lens Nucleus, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000150:complications; D014792:Visual Acuity