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.
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
Corresponding author: V. Senthil Maharajan, MS, FRCS, Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom.
No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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