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OPHTHALMIC IMAGE
Year : 2020  |  Volume : 68  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 210

Petaloid cataract


1 Department of Ophthalmology, Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India

Date of Web Publication19-Dec-2019

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Dr. Jitender Jinagal
Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh - 160 012
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1214_19

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Gupta G, Jinagal J. Petaloid cataract. Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:210

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Gupta G, Jinagal J. Petaloid cataract. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2020 [cited 2024 Mar 29];68:210. Available from: https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/text.asp?2020/68/1/210/273183



A 26-year-old male with previous ocular trauma with cricket ball presented with decreased vision in his right eye for 2 years. His best corrected visual acuity was 20/40 in the right eye. Slit lamp examination of right eye revealed whitish, central lenticular opacity in the form of nonagonal petals of a flower, giving it a “petaloid appearance.” Each petal had dense white margins and was separated from each other by dark lines [Figure 1]. Petaloid cataracts are classically seen in patient with blunt trauma to eye.[1] These cataracts can be easily managed with phacoemulsification and results in good vision gain.
Figure 1: Dilated examination showing presence of central lenticular opacity in the form of nonagonal petals of a flower, giving it a “petaloid appearance”

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Ram J, Gupta R. Petaloid cataract. N Engl J Med 2016;374:e22.  Back to cited text no. 1
    


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