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| OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 306 |
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Star suture lenticular opacity
Rinal Pandit, Dhaivat Shah
Choithram Netralaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
| Date of Web Publication | 07-Jan-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rinal Pandit
Choithram Netralaya, Shriram Talawali, Dhar Road, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_888_21
How to cite this article:
Pandit R, Shah D. Star suture lenticular opacity. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2022;2:306 |
A 45-year-old healthy female on routine examination was found to have visual acuity of 20/20 in the right eye and 20/30 in the left eye. On biomicroscopic examination, the left eye showed radiating, spoke-like opacities within the anterior lens cortex [Figure 1]. The right eye lens was clear. | Figure 1: Biomicroscopic appearance of the left eye showing branching spoke-like opacities within anterior lens cortex in a pattern consistent with star sutures
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Lens sutures that form during post-natal lens development through adult life develop in linear geometric, branching arrangements that resemble a “star” configuration without a direct overlap like the fetal Y sutures.[1] This offset development contributes to the optical quality of the lens.[2] Star suture opacities are extremely rare, cause minimal visual disturbance, and usually do not require surgical intervention.
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Conflicts of interest
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| 2. | Ruan X, Liu Z, Luo L, Liu Y. Structure of the lens and its associations with the visual quality. BMJ Open Ophthalmol 2020;5:e000459. |
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