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Anterior pyramidal cataract

MedGen UID:: 853242
•Concept ID:: C1392099
•: Congenital Abnormality

Synonym:	Pyramidal cataract

HPO:	HP:0010697

Definition

A type of anterior polar cataract which projects as a conical opacity into the anterior chamber. [from HPO]

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CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVAnterior pyramidal cataract

Abnormal eye morphology
- Abnormal anterior eye segment morphology
  - Abnormal lens morphology
    - Cataract
      - Polar cataract
        Early-onset anterior polar cataract
        Anterior pyramidal cataract

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Acquired anterior pyramidal cataract: A surgical misadventure.

Panigrahi A, Singh A, Gupta V
J Fr Ophtalmol 2023 Oct;46(8):983-984. Epub 2023 Apr 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jfo.2023.01.014. PMID: 37100715

Clinicopathological correlation between fibrous metaplasia of lens and anterior pyramidal cataract: a proposed etiology.

Villalba MF, Khzam RA, Dubovy SR
Am J Ophthalmol 2022 Nov;243:e1-e2. Epub 2022 Jul 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2022.07.016. PMID: 35901997

Corneal edema with dislocated anterior polar cataract.

Shah UN, Garg P, Vemuganti GK
Am J Ophthalmol 2002 Mar;133(3):399-401. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(01)01324-1. PMID: 11860978

Anterior pyramidal cataract.

Rossomondo RM, Wilson LA
Arch Ophthalmol 1973 Oct;90(4):339. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1973.01000050341021. PMID: 4746651

Therapy

Acquired anterior pyramidal cataract: A surgical misadventure.

Panigrahi A, Singh A, Gupta V
J Fr Ophtalmol 2023 Oct;46(8):983-984. Epub 2023 Apr 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jfo.2023.01.014. PMID: 37100715

Clinical prediction guides

Corneal edema with dislocated anterior polar cataract.

Shah UN, Garg P, Vemuganti GK
Am J Ophthalmol 2002 Mar;133(3):399-401. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(01)01324-1. PMID: 11860978

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