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Definition: Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness. The many kinds of cataract are classified by their morphology (size, shape, location) or etiology (cause and time of occurrence). (Dorland, 27th ed)

lens opacity; do not confuse X ref PSEUDOAPHAKIA (a synonym for membranous cataract) with PSEUDOPHAKIA, the presence of an intraocular lens after cataract extraction
Examples Capsule Opacification

Other names Pseudoaphakia; Lens Opacities; Cataract, Membranous; Pseudoaphakias; Opacity, Lens; Opacities, Lens; Membranous Cataracts; Membranous Cataract; Lens Opacity; Cataracts, Membranous; Cataracts

Substance	Categories	Source
Lubinsky syndrome	Cataract Hypogonadism/congenital.	Am J Med Genet. 1983;16(2):149-52.
Nathalie syndrome	Cataract Deafness Growth Disorders Muscular Atrophy *Osteochondritis.
Nance-Horan syndrome	Cataract/congenital Tooth Abnormalities *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.
Cataract microcornea syndrome	Cataract Corneal Diseases.
Cataract Hutterite type	*Cataract.
Cataract congenital Volkmann type	*Cataract/congenital.
Cataract congenital dominant non nuclear	*Cataract/congenital.
Cataract ataxia deafness	Ataxia Cataract/congenital Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Peripheral Nervous System Diseases.
Cataract anterior polar dominant	*Cataract/congenital.
Cataract and congenital ichthyosis	Cataract Ichthyosis.
Cataract and cardiomyopathy	Cataract Cardiomyopathies.
Adams Nance syndrome	Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors Cataract Hypertension Microphthalmos Seizures Tachycardia, Paroxysmal.
Dementia, familial Danish	Cataract Cerebellar Ataxia Deafness Dementia.
Hyperferritinemia, hereditary, with congenital cataracts	Cataract/congenital Iron Metabolism Disorders/congenital.
CAMFAK syndrome	Cataract Demyelinating Diseases Microcephaly Agenesis of Corpus Callosum.
CAHMR syndrome	Cataract Hypertrichosis *Intellectual Disability.
Cerulean cataract	*Cataract/congenital.
Fine-Lubinsky syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cataract Craniosynostoses Deafness *Intellectual Disability.
Peters anomaly with cataract	Cataract Glaucoma/congenital.
O'Donnell Pappas syndrome	Cataract/congenital Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary *Nystagmus, Congenital Fovea Centralis/abnormalities.
Anterior polar cataract 2	*Cataract.
Oculofaciocardiodental syndrome	Cataract Heart Defects, Congenital *Microphthalmos Brain/abnormalities.
Bassoe syndrome	Cataract/congenital Hypogonadism *Muscular Dystrophies.
Krasnow Qazi syndrome	Cataract Cardiomyopathy, Dilated Hip/abnormalities Spine/abnormalities.
Seow Najjar syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cataract *Dental Enamel Hypoplasia Cerebral Aqueduct/abnormalities.
Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita, microcephaly, and cataracts	Cataract Microcephaly *Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Microcephaly microcornea syndrome Seemanova type	Cataract Corneal Diseases Eye Abnormalities Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Microcephaly *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.
Seemanova Lesny syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cataract/congenital Growth Disorders Hypogonadism Intellectual Disability Microcephaly *Muscle Spasticity.
Kozlowski Rafinski Klicharska syndrome	Bone Diseases, Developmental Cataract Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Psychomotor Disorders Facies.
Microphthalmia, syndromic 2	Cataract/congenital Heart Septal Defects *Microphthalmos.
Arachnodactyly ataxia cataract aminoaciduria mental retardation	Cataract Intellectual Disability *Arachnodactyly.
Muscular dystrophy, congenital, infantile with cataract and hypogonadism	Cataract Hypogonadism *Muscular Dystrophies/congenital.
Singh Chhaparwal Dhanda syndrome	Cataract Cryptorchidism Dwarfism Intellectual Disability Nystagmus, Pathologic Strabismus Patella/abnormalities.
Microcephalic primordial dwarfism Toriello type	Cataract Dwarfism Intellectual Disability Microcephaly.
Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic congenital nuclear cataract	*Cataract/congenital.
Goldstein Hutt syndrome	Cataract Spherocytosis, Hereditary Eyelashes/abnormalities.
Optic atrophy and cataract, autosomal dominant	Cataract/congenital Optic Atrophies, Hereditary.
Flynn Aird syndrome	Cataract Central Nervous System Diseases Dental Caries Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Joint Diseases Retinitis Pigmentosa *Skin Diseases.	J Neurol Sci 2(2):161-82
Karandikar Maria Kamble syndrome	Anus, Imperforate Cataract/congenital *Intellectual Disability.
Mousa Al din Al Nassar syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cataract Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary Myopia *Spinocerebellar Degenerations.
Spastic paraplegia 9, autosomal dominant	Cataract Growth Disorders *Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary Bone and Bones/abnormalities.
Zonular cataract and nystagmus	Cataract/congenital Nystagmus, Pathologic.
Wellesley Carmen French syndrome	Cataract/congenital Growth Disorders Labial Frenum/abnormalities.	Am. J. Med. Genet. 1991;40: 341-42
Warburg Sjo Fledelius syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cataract/congenital Hypogonadism Intellectual Disability Microcephaly Optic Atrophy Cornea/abnormalities.	Am J Dis Child. 1993;147(12):1309-12
Slavotinek Pike Mills Hurst syndrome	Cataract/congenital Growth Disorders *Learning Disorders Bone and Bones/abnormalities.	Am J Med Genet. 1996;62(1):42-7
Schaap Taylor Baraitser syndrome	Cataract Growth Disorders Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Hypertrichosis.
Cochleosaccular degeneration of the inner ear and progressive cataracts	Cataract Hearing Loss, Sensorineural.
Pavone Fiumara Rizzo syndrome	Cataract Intellectual Disability *Syndactyly.
Crome syndrome	Brain Diseases Cataract *Acute Kidney Injury.
Martsolf syndrome	Cataract Hypogonadism *Intellectual Disability.
Marshall syndrome	Cataract Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Osteochondrodysplasias Craniofacial Abnormalities.
Marinesco-Sjogren-like syndrome (MSLS)	Cataract/congenital Cerebellar Ataxia Intellectual Disability Muscular Diseases.
Hydrocephalus, endocardial fibroelastosis, and cataracts	Cataract Endocardial Fibroelastosis *Hydrocephalus.
Absent corpus callosum cataract immunodeficiency	Cataract Agenesis of Corpus Callosum.
Cornea guttata with anterior polar cataract	Cataract Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy.
Bhaskar Jagannathan syndrome	Ataxia Cataract/congenital Growth Disorders Arachnodactyly.
Cataracts, ataxia, short stature, and mental retardation	Ataxia Cataract/congenital Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability.
Cataract, posterior polar, 4	*Cataract.
Cataract, posterior polar, 3	*Cataract.
Cataract, zonular	*Cataract.

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