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OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
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Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 8 | Page : 1342 |
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Scheimpflug imaging in Christmas tree cataract
Sonam Yangzes, Surinder Singh Pandav, Jagat Ram
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Date of Web Publication | 22-Jul-2019 |
Correspondence Address: Dr. Jagat Ram Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh - 160 012 India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2147_18
How to cite this article: Yangzes S, Pandav SS, Ram J. Scheimpflug imaging in Christmas tree cataract. Indian J Ophthalmol 2019;67:1342 |
A 74-year-old man, known case of glaucoma, presented for a routine eye check-up. His best-corrected visual acuity in the right eye was 6/9 and the left eye was 6/12. His intraocular pressures were 14 in the right eye and 16 in the left eye on travoprost 0.004%. On slit lamp examination, we noticed atypical lenticular opacities in the left eye. There was the presence of multiple iridescent needle-shaped crystals in anterior lens stroma [Figure 1]a. The multicoloured crystals were reminiscent of a Christmas tree. Pentacam Scheimpflug imaging revealed hyper-reflective shadows in the cortical and nuclear lens matter [Figure 1]b. Christmas tree cataract is a rare type of cataract with an unclear mechanism of formation.[1],[2] Association with myotonic dystrophy is reported in the literature.[3] Our patient's neurological examination was normal, and he was advised follow-up since he was comfortable with his vision. | Figure 1: (a) Anterior segment photograph of the left eye showing the presence of multiple polychromatic needle-shaped crystals in the lens giving an appearance of a lit-up Christmas tree. (b) Scheimpflug image of the left eye showing multiple hyper-reflective shadows in the anterior lens stroma
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2. | Shun-Shin GA, Vrensen GF, Brown NP, Willekens B, Smeets MH, Bron AJ. Morphologic characteristics and chemical composition of Christmas tree cataract. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1993;34:3489-96. |
3. | Reiter C, Gramer E. Anticipation in patients with iridescent multicoloured posterior capsular lens opacities (“Christmas tree cataract”): The role in the diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy. Ophthalmologe 2009;106:1116-20. |
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