A Christmas tree cataract

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Abstract

Image in medicine A 70-year-old man referred for cataract surgery, had on examination a palette of colored needle-shaped opacities in the cortex and anterior nucleus of the lens, consistent with unilateral Christmas tree cataract. This type of cataract result from the accelerated breakdown of membrane associated proteins. The peptides and amino-acids accumulate in the lumen of the reticular meshwork, and cystine is concentrated beyond the level of crystallization, giving rise to growing crystals. Figure 1 Palette of colored needle-shaped opacities in the cortex and anterior nucleus of the lens (A and B)

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Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Pan Afr Med J

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Pan Afr Med J

Journal ID (publisher-id): PAMJ

Title: The Pan African Medical Journal

Publisher: The African Field Epidemiology Network

ISSN (Electronic): 1937-8688

Publication date (Electronic): 25 August 2014

Publication date Collection: 2014

Volume: 18

Electronic Location Identifier: 332

Affiliations

[1 ]Ophthalmology Service, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco

Author notes

[& ]Corresponding author: Fadoua Zahir, Ophthalmology Service, CHU Hassan II, Fez, Morocco

Article

Publisher ID: PAMJ-18-332

DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2014.18.332.4780

PMC ID: 4250006

PubMed ID: 25478053

SO-VID: b9539b72-4962-4645-8176-a259d0d9d51a

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The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

History

Date received : 09 June 2014

Date accepted : 10 August 2014

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