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| OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 615 |
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Stella oceanum
Shubham Manchanda, Savleen Kaur, Jaspreet Sukhija
Department of Ophthalmology, Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
| Date of Web Publication | 28-Apr-2023 |
Correspondence Address:
Savleen Kaur
Assistant Professor, Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_3368_22
How to cite this article:
Manchanda S, Kaur S, Sukhija J. Stella oceanum. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2023;3:615 |
A 10-year-old female, who was a known case of type 1 diabetes mellitus on insulin therapy, presented with decreased vision in both eyes. Dilated examination of the anterior segment revealed uniformly distributed numerous discrete opacities with surrounding haze showing a polychromatic lustre, distributed like stars through the lens [Figure 1]. | Figure 1: A 10-year-old female, a known case of diabetes mellitus type 1, presented with decreased vision in both eyes. On slit-lamp examination, she was found to have cataracts in both eyes with a polychromatic luster in left eye
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Chronic hyperglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes causes cataracts to develop much earlier than retinopathy.[1],[2] With glycemic control, some acute-onset cataracts may be reversible.[1],[2] This case highlights that type 1 diabetics are at an increased risk for cataract formation, Meticulous ophthalmological examination should be carried out, beginning from the very onset of diabetes in such patients.
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