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Polar cataract

MedGen UID:
378337
Concept ID:
C2025392
Congenital Abnormality; Finding
Synonym: Polar cataracts
 
HPO: HP:0010696

Definition

A type of Congenital cataract in which the opacities occupy the subcapsular cortex at the anterior or posterior pole of the lens. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Peroxisome biogenesis disorder 2B
MedGen UID:
763148
Concept ID:
C3550234
Disease or Syndrome
Zellweger spectrum disorder (ZSD) is a phenotypic continuum ranging from severe to mild. While individual phenotypes (e.g., Zellweger syndrome [ZS], neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy [NALD], and infantile Refsum disease [IRD]) were described in the past before the biochemical and molecular bases of this spectrum were fully determined, the term "ZSD" is now used to refer to all individuals with a defect in one of the ZSD-PEX genes regardless of phenotype. Individuals with ZSD usually come to clinical attention in the newborn period or later in childhood. Affected newborns are hypotonic and feed poorly. They have distinctive facies, congenital malformations (neuronal migration defects associated with neonatal-onset seizures, renal cysts, and bony stippling [chondrodysplasia punctata] of the patella[e] and the long bones), and liver disease that can be severe. Infants with severe ZSD are significantly impaired and typically die during the first year of life, usually having made no developmental progress. Individuals with intermediate/milder ZSD do not have congenital malformations, but rather progressive peroxisome dysfunction variably manifest as sensory loss (secondary to retinal dystrophy and sensorineural hearing loss), neurologic involvement (ataxia, polyneuropathy, and leukodystrophy), liver dysfunction, adrenal insufficiency, and renal oxalate stones. While hypotonia and developmental delays are typical, intellect can be normal. Some have osteopenia; almost all have ameleogenesis imperfecta in the secondary teeth.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Schroeder HW
Strabismus 2005 Dec;13(4):153-6. doi: 10.1080/09273970500387753. PMID: 16361185

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Mohan S, Mohan S, Rajan M
Indian J Ophthalmol 2023 Jan;71(1):320-321. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2023_22. PMID: 36588273Free PMC Article
Ravindra MS, Bali J, Adarsh DC, Bali O
Indian J Ophthalmol 2022 Nov;70(11):4051-4053. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1588_22. PMID: 36308156Free PMC Article
de Jong B, van der Meulen IJ, Lapid-Gortzak R, van den Berg TJ
J Cataract Refract Surg 2019 Jan;45(1):72-75. Epub 2018 Nov 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2018.08.035. PMID: 30391156
Hua X, Dong Y, Du J, Yang J, Yuan X
BMC Ophthalmol 2018 Jul 9;18(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s12886-018-0845-8. PMID: 29986674Free PMC Article
Cetinkaya S, Cetinkaya YF, Dadaci Z, Acir NO
Arq Bras Oftalmol 2016 Jul-Aug;79(4):218-21. doi: 10.5935/0004-2749.20160063. PMID: 27626143

Diagnosis

Assia EI, Nemet AY
Int Ophthalmol 2024 Sep 5;44(1):366. doi: 10.1007/s10792-024-03286-4. PMID: 39235635Free PMC Article
Foster GJL, Ayers B, Fram N, Hoffman RS, Khandewal S, Ogawa G, MacDonald SM, Snyder ME, Vasavada A
J Cataract Refract Surg 2019 Feb;45(2):228-235. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2018.09.029. PMID: 30704728
de Jong B, van der Meulen IJ, Lapid-Gortzak R, van den Berg TJ
J Cataract Refract Surg 2019 Jan;45(1):72-75. Epub 2018 Nov 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2018.08.035. PMID: 30391156
Hua X, Dong Y, Du J, Yang J, Yuan X
BMC Ophthalmol 2018 Jul 9;18(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s12886-018-0845-8. PMID: 29986674Free PMC Article
Vasavada AR, Vasavada VA
Indian J Ophthalmol 2017 Dec;65(12):1350-1358. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_707_17. PMID: 29208815Free PMC Article

Therapy

Oustoglou E, Tzamalis A, Banou L, Christou CD, Tsinopoulos I, Samouilidou M, Mataftsi A, Ziakas N
Int Ophthalmol 2023 Feb;43(2):387-395. Epub 2022 Jul 21 doi: 10.1007/s10792-022-02434-y. PMID: 35864285
Vasavada AR, Vasavada VA
Indian J Ophthalmol 2017 Dec;65(12):1350-1358. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_707_17. PMID: 29208815Free PMC Article
Cetinkaya S, Cetinkaya YF, Dadaci Z, Acir NO
Arq Bras Oftalmol 2016 Jul-Aug;79(4):218-21. doi: 10.5935/0004-2749.20160063. PMID: 27626143
Chen P, Hao X, Li W, Zhao X, Huang Y
Sci Rep 2016 Aug 3;6:31021. doi: 10.1038/srep31021. PMID: 27484837Free PMC Article
Titiyal JS, Kaur M, Sharma N
J Refract Surg 2015 Dec;31(12):826-8. Epub 2015 Aug 27 doi: 10.3928/1081597X-20150824-01. PMID: 26334779

Prognosis

Assia EI, Nemet AY
Int Ophthalmol 2024 Sep 5;44(1):366. doi: 10.1007/s10792-024-03286-4. PMID: 39235635Free PMC Article
Dhanaseelan T, Odayappan A, Vivekanandan VR, Venkatesh R
Indian J Ophthalmol 2023 May;71(5):1913-1917. doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_3287_22. PMID: 37203055Free PMC Article
Aswin PR, Harika K, Shekhar M, Sankarananthan R, Shah A, Lakshmanan P, Aravind H
Indian J Ophthalmol 2022 Jul;70(7):2426-2431. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2764_21. PMID: 35791124Free PMC Article
Engelhard SB, Haripriya A, Namburar S, Pistilli M, Daniel E, Kempen JH
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2022 Jun;29(3):271-278. Epub 2021 May 12 doi: 10.1080/09286586.2021.1923756. PMID: 33980111
Ergun ŞB, Kocamış Sİ, Çakmak HB, Çağıl N
Int Ophthalmol 2018 Oct;38(5):1851-1861. Epub 2017 Aug 29 doi: 10.1007/s10792-017-0667-3. PMID: 28852905

Clinical prediction guides

Dhanaseelan T, Odayappan A, Vivekanandan VR, Venkatesh R
Indian J Ophthalmol 2023 May;71(5):1913-1917. doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_3287_22. PMID: 37203055Free PMC Article
Aswin PR, Harika K, Shekhar M, Sankarananthan R, Shah A, Lakshmanan P, Aravind H
Indian J Ophthalmol 2022 Jul;70(7):2426-2431. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2764_21. PMID: 35791124Free PMC Article
Titiyal JS, Nair S, Kaur M, Rawat J, Mazumdar SA
J Cataract Refract Surg 2021 Aug 1;47(8):1039-1043. doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000578. PMID: 33577272
Titiyal JS, Kaur M, Shaikh F, Rani D, Bageshwar LMS
J Cataract Refract Surg 2020 Sep;46(9):1266-1272. doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000256. PMID: 32618830
Gupta S, Selvan H, Khokhar S
Int Ophthalmol 2019 Jun;39(6):1219-1223. Epub 2018 Apr 27 doi: 10.1007/s10792-018-0928-9. PMID: 29704132

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