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Rapid maturation of unilateral cataract in leptospirosis
Leptospirosis is a bacterial cause for nongranulomatous uveitis in tropical countries. It is known to cause rapid maturation of cataract in young adults. Here we present six patients who had presenting sign as fully matured pearly white unilateral cataract without history of any trauma in their firs...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32823447 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_535_20 |
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author | Rathinam, S R Rathakrishnan, Shanthi |
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description | Leptospirosis is a bacterial cause for nongranulomatous uveitis in tropical countries. It is known to cause rapid maturation of cataract in young adults. Here we present six patients who had presenting sign as fully matured pearly white unilateral cataract without history of any trauma in their first visit. All except one patient were positive for leptospirosis by ELISA testing. Histopathological analyses of those lenses showed globular degeneration. |
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spelling | pubmed-76904762020-12-30 Rapid maturation of unilateral cataract in leptospirosis Rathinam, S R Rathakrishnan, Shanthi Indian J Ophthalmol Case Reports Leptospirosis is a bacterial cause for nongranulomatous uveitis in tropical countries. It is known to cause rapid maturation of cataract in young adults. Here we present six patients who had presenting sign as fully matured pearly white unilateral cataract without history of any trauma in their first visit. All except one patient were positive for leptospirosis by ELISA testing. Histopathological analyses of those lenses showed globular degeneration. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-09 2020-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7690476/ /pubmed/32823447 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_535_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Rathinam, S R Rathakrishnan, Shanthi Rapid maturation of unilateral cataract in leptospirosis |
title | Rapid maturation of unilateral cataract in leptospirosis |
title_full | Rapid maturation of unilateral cataract in leptospirosis |
title_fullStr | Rapid maturation of unilateral cataract in leptospirosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Rapid maturation of unilateral cataract in leptospirosis |
title_short | Rapid maturation of unilateral cataract in leptospirosis |
title_sort | rapid maturation of unilateral cataract in leptospirosis |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32823447 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_535_20 |
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