title: Diagnosis and management of primary congenital lens cyst.
abstract: We report the case of a 2-year-old girl with an unusual unilateral congenital cystic lesion of the crystalline lens in the right eye. We describe the clinical features, ultrasound biomicroscopy, hypothesis for the possible origin of the cyst, and management of this rare and previously undescribed developmental anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, India. Electronic address: vasudhakemmanu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vasudha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kemmanu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, India.
authors.forename: Minal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, India.
authors.forename: Swathi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baliga
authors.affiliation: Department of Glaucoma Services, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, India.
authors.forename: Sathi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Devi
authors.affiliation: Department of Vitreoretinal Servies, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, India.
authors.forename: Naresh K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Yadav
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D064727:Posterior Capsulotomy; D014821:Vitrectomy