Rosette cataract

Rosette cataract is a traumatic cataract in which a feathery appearance of opacities is located in a thin layer under the lens capsule along the sutures of its cortex.

Causes:

1. Trauma to the eye, such as a blow or penetrating injury. This leads to disruption of the integrity of the lens capsule and damage to the fibers of the cortex.

2. Vibration effects, for example, from pneumatic tools. Vibrations damage the fibers of the lens cortex.

Characteristic:

1. The opacification is feathery in nature and is located under the lens capsule along the Y-shaped seam.

2. Progresses slowly but steadily.

3. May lead to decreased vision.

Treatment:

1. Surgical - phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation.

2. In the absence of vision loss, dynamic observation is possible.

Thus, rosette cataract is the result of mechanical damage to the lens, requiring surgical treatment in most cases. A timely visit to a doctor will help preserve your vision.

Rosette cataract is one of the types of congenital cataracts in children and adults. It is quite rare and requires immediate surgical treatment.

Cataract rosette is a type of congenital corneal opacity without vision-related clinical manifestations. This cloudy spot may be part of a cataract, even before the normal structure of the crystalline body has formed. This cloudiness may be arranged in the shape of a rainbow or lotus. In the case of rosette cataract, this layer is directly connected to the boundaries of the lens capsule. Rosette cataract is one of the cataracts that occurs inside the eye during the development of a child before birth and is defined as congenital cataract. External signs of the disease can be noticed already during embryonic development. The period of lens growth represents a hidden danger. Large spherical inclusions can not only damage the lens, but also accumulate in the capsule. The likelihood of membrane rupture or capsule destruction may also occur in the first week of life, when the lens quickly increases in size and grows too intensely. In 40% of cases, disturbances in the structure of the lens are accompanied by trauma to blood vessels - the vessels are often damaged by hard crystalline bodies (when, for example, scattered melanin acts as a “spot” - this condition is called “lapse”). Diagnosis is carried out by doctors at the earliest stage of their development in order to choose the least traumatic research method and prescribe treatment. The first condition for determining congenital cataracts is the establishment of labiality (fluctuation from “labius” - lip), in which there is a relationship between the amount of opacity present in the lens and the type of its morphological structure, and other characteristics of the lens and eyeball. The subsequent behavior of the lens after hydrodistic degeneration (displacement of water inside the anterior chamber) and its progression directly depend on this criterion. Change