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sutural cataract with punctate & cerulean opacities
Pathology:
- white opacification around the anterior & posterior Y sutures, & grayish & bluish, spindle shaped, oval punctate & cerulean opacities of various sizes arranged in lamellar form
- spots are more concentrated towards the peripheral layers
- they do not delineate the embryonal or fetal nucleus
- phenotypic variation with respect to the size & density of the sutural opacities as well as the number & position of punctate & cerulean spots is observed among affected subjects
Genetics:
- associated with defects in CRYBB2
General
familial cataracts
Database Correlations
OMIM 607133
References
- OMIM :accession 607133