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| OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 238 |
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A clock in the eye – An ophthalmic image
Manish Bhagat, Deepak Ghimire
Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Sciences, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
| Date of Web Publication | 20-Jan-2023 |
Correspondence Address:
Manish Bhagat
Bausch and Lomb Contact Lens Centre, Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034, Telangana
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1762_22
How to cite this article:
Bhagat M, Ghimire D. A clock in the eye – An ophthalmic image. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2023;3:238 |
A 10-year-old male child presented to the clinic with complaints of glare in sunlight and difficulty in reading near text. The child's best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50 in both eyes.
Slit-lamp biomicroscopy of the anterior segment revealed the presence of a lamellar cataract along with a sutural cataract in both eyes giving an appearance of a clock-like structure in retro and diffuse illumination technique [Figure 1]a and [Figure 1]b. The posterior segment was within normal in both eyes. | Figure 1: Slit-lamp photograph showing opacities in the fetal nucleus of the crystalline lens in (a) retro and (b) diffuse illumination technique
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Sutural and lamellar cataracts are congenital that affect the fetal lens nucleus of the anterior and posterior crystalline lens.[1],[2] Such cataracts do not progress and cause a minimal visual disturbance. These cataracts do not require surgical intervention because there is no effect on vision.[3],[4]
Declaration of patient consent
The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms. In the form the patient(s) has/have given his/her/their consent for his/her/their images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. The patients understand that their names and initials will not be published and due efforts will be made to conceal their identity, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed.
Financial support and sponsorship
Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation, India.
Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts of interest.
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