pediatrics
Congenital Cataract
Introduction
Congenital cataract is a lens opacity that is present at birth or shortly after birth. Diagnosis is clinical and sometimes with imaging. Treatment is surgical removal of the cataract. (See also Cataract in adults.) Congenital cataracts may be sporadic, or they may be caused by Overview of Chromosomal Abnormalities , metabolic disease (eg, Cataracts may be located in the center of the lens (nuclear), or they may involve the lens material underneath the anterior or posterior lens capsule (subcapsular or cortical). They may be unilateral or bilateral. As with other cataracts, the lens opacity obscures vision. 