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TWO CASES OF ACUTELY DEVELOPED CATARACT IN DIABETES MELLITUS
Author(s) -
VINDING TROELS,
NIELSEN NIELS VESTI
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1984.tb08417.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , morning , visual impairment , ophthalmology , pediatrics , endocrinology , psychiatry
A 14‐year‐old female with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus for 3 months, suddenly developed – in less than one day – a dense ‘snow‐flake cataract’ with severe visual impairment in the left eye. In hospital, 5 days later one morning, the patient experienced additional loss of vision in the right eye due to further rapid cataract development, in close relation to hypoglycaemia in the early morning. In another case, a 22‐year‐old diabetic woman, treated with insulin for 1 year, developed an acute diabetic cataract in less than one day with pronounced visual reduction. Previously, only a few cases of acutely developed and irreversible diabetic cataract have been published. The prevalence of this rare type of diabetic cataract is estimated to be below 1‰ among diabetics.