Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports
ISSN 2766-7820
Clinical Image - Open Access, Volume 5
Snowflake cataract in a young child
Yempabou Hugues Arnaud Yonli*; Lucrèce Joanelle Vydalie Eriga; Fadhloullahi Khidrou Sambou Oumarou; Djibril Adédoyin Yaya-Oye; Yassine Mouzari; Abdelbarre Oubaaz
Department of Ophthalmology, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
*Corresponding Author : Yempabou HA Yonli
Department of Ophthalmology, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Email: [email protected]
Received : Aug 02, 2024
Accepted : Aug 19, 2024
Published : Aug 26, 2024
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Copyright : © Yonli YHA (2024).
Citation: Yonli YHA, Eriga LJV, Oumarou FKS, Yaya-Oye DA, Mouzari Y, et al. Snowflake cataract in a young child. J Clin Images Med Case Rep. 2024; 5(8): 3222.
Description
The patient was 23 years old, with no previous history, and presented with a 6-month history of unilateral visual acuity loss, with no history of trauma or corticosteroid use.
Ophthalmological examination revealed visual acuity of 10/10 in the right eye and 04/10 in the left eye, with no improvement with correction. Refraction was estimated at +0.50 (-0.25 A 75°) in the right eye and +0.25 (-0.50 A 120°) in the left.
Examination of the adnexa was unremarkable. In the anterior segment, there was a snowflake cataract in the left eye. The rest of the examination was normal. The accessible fundus was normal.
Examination of the right eye was normal.
As part of the etiological investigation, a metabolic workup was ordered, with normal income.
Management consisted of cataract surgery with posterior chamber implant placement.
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