Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 333-335, February 2007

Rapidly progressive idiopathic lenticular astigmatism

From the Department of Ophthalmology (Tint, Jayaswal, Masood, Maharajan), and the Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (Tint), Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Accepted 1 September 2006.

A myopic 43-year-old woman with early nuclear sclerotic cataract developed more than 11.0 diopters (D) of astigmatism over a 6-month period. This was found to be lenticular in origin. Phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation was performed, resulting in residual astigmatism of 0.75 D. To our knowledge, this is the first case of rapidly progressive lenticular astigmatism in an otherwise healthy eye with early nuclear sclerotic cataract.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(06)01424-6

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.09.031

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 333-335, February 2007

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