What Conditions or Syndromes are associated with Cataracts?
This is a great list but would add:
Trauma of any kind and
GENETIC PREDISPOSITION of any kind
Wilson’s syndrome: hepatolenticular degeneration: a neurological condition
Cohen syndrome,
Degos disease,
Dubowitz syndrome
Sandra Lora Cremers, MD, FACS
Modified from:
http://www.cybersight.org/bins/volume_page.asp?cid=1-2897-3640-3659
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| 1. Aberfeld syndrome (blepharophimosis associated with generalized myopathy) 2. Acrodermatitis chronic a atrophicans 3. Addison syndrome (adrenal cortical insufficiency) 4. Albinism 5. Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (pseudohypoparathyroidism) 6. Alopecia areata *7. Alport syndrome (hereditary nephritis) 8. Alström disease (cataract and retinitis pigmentosa) 9. Andogsky syndrome (atopic cataract syndrome) 10. Anterior segment ischemia syndrome 11. Apert syndrome (acrocephalosyndactylism syndrome) 12. Apical malformations associated with cataracts 13. Arteriovenous fistula 14. Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita 15. Aspergillosis *16. Atopic dermatitis syndrome 17. Autosomal dominant foveal hypoplasia and presenile cataract syndrome (O’Donnell-Pappas syndrome) 18. Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome (abetalipoproteinemia) 19. Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome (incontinentia pigmenti) 20. Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome (pterygolymphangiectasia) 21. Bourneville syndrome (tuberous sclerosis) 22. Buerger disease (thromboangiitis obliterans) 23. Caisson syndrome (bends) 24. Capsular exfoliation syndrome 25. Carotid artery syndrome 26. Cataract and hypertrophic neuropathy-autosomal recessive 27. Cataract with microcornea and coloboma of iris-autosomal dominant 28. Cataract, floriform-autosomal dominant 29. Cataract and cardiomyopathy-autosomal recessive 30. Cataract, congenital, or juvenile-autosomal recessive 31. Cataract, congenital total, with posterior sutural opacities in heterozygotes-X-linked 32. Cataract, congenital with absence deformity of leg-autosomal recessive 33. Cataract, congenital, with microcornea or slight microphthalmia-X-linked 34. Cataract, cortical, and congenital ichthyosis-autosomal recessive 35. Cataract, mental retardation, hypogonadism (Martsolf syndrome) 36. Cataract, microcephaly, arthrogryposis kyphosis syndrome (CAMAK syndrome)-autosomal recessive 37. Cataract microcephaly, failure to thrive, kyphoscoliosis syndrome (CAMFAK syndrome)-autosomal recessive 38. Cataract, nuclear and total nuclear-usually autosomal dominant rarely recessive 39. Cataract, zonular, and nystagmus-X-linked 40. Cat-eye syndrome (Schmid-Fraccaro syndrome) 41. Cerebral cholesterinosis (cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis) 42. Cerebellar ataxia, cataract, deafness, and dementia or psychosis 43. Cerebral palsy 44. Cerebrohepatorenal syndrome (Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome) 45. Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis 46. Cholera 47. Chromosome 13q partial deletion (long-arm) syndrome 48. Chromosomal 3; 18 translocation 49. Chromosome deletion (short-arm) syndrome 50. Cockayne syndrome (dwarfism with retinal atrophy and deafness) 51. Cerebrooculofascioskeletal syndrome (COFS syndrome) 51A Cohen syndrome, 52. Congenital cataract and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy syndrome 53. Congenital cataract with oxycephaly (tower skull) 54. Congenital hemolytic icterus 55. Congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma 56. Congenital rubella syndrome (German measles) 57. Conradi syndrome (stippled epiphyses syndrome) 58. Comedo-cataract 59. Craniofacial dysostosis (Crouzon disease) 60. Cretinism (hypothyroidism) 61. Crome syndrome (congenital cataracts, epileptic fits, mental retardation, small stature) 62. Cushing syndrome 63. Cytomegalovirus 64. Darier-White syndrome (keratosis follicularis) 65. DeBarsy syndrome 65A Degos disease, 66. Dermatitis herpetiformis *67. Diabetes mellitus (Willis disease) Type I and Type 2 68. Diarrhea 69. Diphtheria 69A Dubowitz syndrome 70. Ectodermal dysplasia 71. Edward syndrome 72. Electrical injury 73. Ellis-van Creveld syndrome (chondroectodermal dysplasia) 74. Engelmann syndrome (diaphyseal dysplasia) 75. Epidermal nevus syndrome (ichthyosis hystrix) 76. Fabry disease (diffuse angiokeratosis) 77. Familial congenital cataracts, microcornea, abnormal irides, nystagmus, and glaucoma syndrome 78. Familial congenital cataract, nonprogressive neurologic disorders, and mental deficiency syndrome 79. Familial histiocytic dermatoarthritis syndrome 80. Familial hypogonadism syndrome 81. Familial t(2;16) translocation 82. Fetal alcohol syndrome 83. Folling syndrome (phenylketonuria) 84. François dyscephalic syndrome (Hallermann-Streiff syndrome) 85. Frenkel syndrome (ocular contusion syndrome) 86. Fuchs syndrome (I) (heterochromic cyclitis syndrome) 87. Galactokinase deficiency-autosomal recessive *88. Galactosemia-transferase deficiency 88A GENETIC PREDISPOSITION of any kind 89. Goldenhar syndrome (oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia) 90. Goldscheider syndrome (epidermolysis bullosa) 91. Gorlin-Goltz syndrome (multiple basal cell nevi syndrome) 92. Grönblad-Strandberg syndrome (pseudoxanthoma elasticum) 93. Gyrate atrophy (ornithine ketoacid aminotransferase deficiency) 94. Hagberg-Santavuori syndrome (neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis) 95. Hallermann-Streiff syndrome (oculomandibulofacial dyscephaly) 96. Hand-Schüller-Christian syndrome (histiocytosis X) 97. Harada disease (uveitis-vitiligo-alopecia-poliosis syndrome) 98. Heerfordt syndrome (uveoparotid fever) 99. Hemifacial microsomia syndrome (François- Haustrate syndrome) 100. Herpes simplex virus 101. Hilding syndrome (destructive iridocyclitis and multiple joint dislocations) 102. Hodgkin disease 103. Homocystinuria 104. Hookworm disease 105. Hruby-Irvine-Gass syndrome (cystoid maculopathy following cataract extraction with vitreous loss) 106. Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome (progeria) 107. Hydatid cyst 108. Hypercalcemia (adult) 109. Hypercalcemia (infantile) with mental retardation (supravalvular aortic stenosis syndrome) 110. Hyperprolactinemia 111. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 112. 113. 114. Hypocalcemia 115. Hypoglycemia 116. Hypoparathyroidism 117. Hypophosphatasia (phosphoethanolaminuria) 118. Incontinentia pigmenti achromians 119. Infantile hypoglycemia (male) 120. Influenza 121. Infrared radiation 122. Intrauterine infections
123. Jacobsen-Brodwall syndrome |