Rapidly progressive idiopathic lenticular astigmatism.
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.
Tint
Naing L
NL
Department of Ophthalmology, Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Jayaswal
Rakesh
R
Masood
Imran
I
Maharajan
V Senthil
VS
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