| polar cataract | A capsular cataract limited to an area of the anterior or posterior pole of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| coronary cataract | Peripheral cortical developmental cataract occurring just after puberty; transmitted as a hereditary dominant characteristic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cortical cataract | A cataract in which the opacity affects the cortex of the lens. Synonym: peripheral cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myotonic cataract | Cataract occurring in myotonic dystrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior subcapsular cataract | A cataract involving the cortex at the posterior pole of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crystalline cataract | A hereditary cataract with a coralliform or needle-shaped accumulation of crystals in the axial region of an otherwise clear lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cuneiform cataract | Cortical cataract in which the opacities radiate from the periphery like spokes of a wheel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cupuliform cataract | A common form of senile cataract often confined to a region just within the posterior capsule. Synonym: saucer-shaped cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard cataract | A cataract involving the nucleus. Synonym: hard cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| progeria with cataract | A syndrome of bony anomalies of the calvaria, face, and jaw, with brachygnathia, narrow curved nose, and multiple ocular defects including microphthalmia, microcornea, and cataract, often with alopecia overlying skull sutures, or alopecia areata and hypoplasia, or absence of eyebrows. The pattern of inheritance is undecided. Synonym: congenital sutural alopecia, Hallermann-Streiff syndrome, Hallermann-Streiff-Francois syndrome, mandibulo-oculofacial syndrome, oculomandibulodyscephaly, oculomandibulofacial syndrome, progeria with cataract, progeria with microphthalmia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| progressive cataract | A cataract in which the opacification process progresses to involve the entire lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saucer-shaped cataract | A common form of senile cataract often confined to a region just within the posterior capsule. Synonym: saucer-shaped cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary cataract | A cataract that accompanies or follows some other eye disease such as uveitis. Synonym: complicated cataract. A cataract occurring in the retained lens or capsule after a cataract extraction. Synonym: aftercataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sedimentary cataract | A hypermature cataract in which the nucleus gravitates within the capsule. Synonym: sedimentary cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hook-shaped cataract | Congenital cataract with hook-like figures between the foetal and embryonic nuclei. (05 Mar 2000) |