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Cataract 29(CTRCT29)

MedGen UID:
811739
Concept ID:
C3805409
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: CATARACT 29, CORALLIFORM; CTRCT29
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0007282
OMIM®: 115800

Definition

Coralliform cataracts are characterized by multiple coral-like white opacities that radiate out bilaterally in an axial direction from the center of the lens in a fusiform or spindle-shaped fashion but never actually reach the capsule (summary by Gao et al., 2005). [from OMIM]

Clinical features

From HPO
Cataract
MedGen UID:
39462
Concept ID:
C0086543
Disease or Syndrome
A cataract is an opacity or clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its capsule.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Al-Shaaln FF, Bakrman MA, Ibrahim AM, Aljoudi AS
Ann Saudi Med 2011 Sep-Oct;31(5):473-80. doi: 10.4103/0256-4947.84624. PMID: 21911984Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Haarman AEG, Enthoven CA, Tideman JWL, Tedja MS, Verhoeven VJM, Klaver CCW
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2020 Apr 9;61(4):49. doi: 10.1167/iovs.61.4.49. PMID: 32347918Free PMC Article
Kernan KF, Carcillo JA
Int Immunol 2017 Nov 1;29(9):401-409. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxx031. PMID: 28541437Free PMC Article
Whitman MC, Vanderveen DK
Semin Ophthalmol 2014 Sep-Nov;29(5-6):414-20. doi: 10.3109/08820538.2014.959192. PMID: 25325868
Sangal N, Chen TC
Semin Ophthalmol 2014 Sep-Nov;29(5-6):403-8. doi: 10.3109/08820538.2014.959189. PMID: 25325866
Haddad NM, Sun JK, Abujaber S, Schlossman DK, Silva PS
Semin Ophthalmol 2014 Sep-Nov;29(5-6):329-37. doi: 10.3109/08820538.2014.959197. PMID: 25325858

Diagnosis

Maroofian R, Kaiyrzhanov R, Cali E, Zamani M, Zaki MS, Ferla M, Tortora D, Sadeghian S, Saadi SM, Abdullah U, Karimiani EG, Efthymiou S, Yeşil G, Alavi S, Al Shamsi AM, Tajsharghi H, Abdel-Hamid MS, Saadi NW, Al Mutairi F, Alabdi L, Beetz C, Ali Z, Toosi MB, Rudnik-Schöneborn S, Babaei M, Isohanni P, Muhammad J, Khan S, Al Shalan M, Hickey SE, Marom D, Elhanan E, Kurian MA, Marafi D, Saberi A, Hamid M, Spaull R, Meng L, Lalani S, Maqbool S, Rahman F, Seeger J, Palculict TB, Lau T, Murphy D, Mencacci NE, Steindl K, Begemann A, Rauch A, Akbas S, Aslanger AD, Salpietro V, Yousaf H, Ben-Shachar S, Ejeskär K, Al Aqeel AI, High FA, Armstrong-Javors AE, Zahraei SM, Seifi T, Zeighami J, Shariati G, Sedaghat A, Asl SN, Shahrooei M, Zifarelli G, Burglen L, Ravelli C, Zschocke J, Schatz UA, Ghavideldarestani M, Kamel WA, Van Esch H, Hackenberg A, Taylor JC, Al-Gazali L, Bauer P, Gleeson JJ, Alkuraya FS, Lupski JR, Galehdari H, Azizimalamiri R, Chung WK, Baig SM, Houlden H, Severino M
Brain 2023 Dec 1;146(12):5031-5043. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad257. PMID: 37517035Free PMC Article
Haarman AEG, Enthoven CA, Tideman JWL, Tedja MS, Verhoeven VJM, Klaver CCW
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2020 Apr 9;61(4):49. doi: 10.1167/iovs.61.4.49. PMID: 32347918Free PMC Article
Gupta PC, Caty JT
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2018 Jan;29(1):9-13. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000446. PMID: 29084004
Qin VL, Conti FF, Singh RP
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2018 Jan;29(1):100-104. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000434. PMID: 28937505
Qian CX, Young LH
Semin Ophthalmol 2014 Sep-Nov;29(5-6):301-11. doi: 10.3109/08820538.2014.962166. PMID: 25325855

Therapy

Liu SH, Saldanha IJ, Abraham AG, Rittiphairoj T, Hauswirth S, Gregory D, Ifantides C, Li T
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Oct 21;10(10):CD015070. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015070.pub2. PMID: 36269562Free PMC Article
Haarman AEG, Enthoven CA, Tideman JWL, Tedja MS, Verhoeven VJM, Klaver CCW
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2020 Apr 9;61(4):49. doi: 10.1167/iovs.61.4.49. PMID: 32347918Free PMC Article
Enright JM, Karacal H, Tsai LM
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2017 Jan;28(1):29-34. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000322. PMID: 27653607
Whitman MC, Vanderveen DK
Semin Ophthalmol 2014 Sep-Nov;29(5-6):414-20. doi: 10.3109/08820538.2014.959192. PMID: 25325868
Haddad NM, Sun JK, Abujaber S, Schlossman DK, Silva PS
Semin Ophthalmol 2014 Sep-Nov;29(5-6):329-37. doi: 10.3109/08820538.2014.959197. PMID: 25325858

Prognosis

Gautam Seth N, Kaur S, Yangzes S, Jugran D, Bansal R, Gupta V, Dogra MR, Suri D, Singh S, Singh R
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2021 Nov 17;29(7-8):1375-1380. Epub 2020 Jul 10 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1762897. PMID: 32649841
Haarman AEG, Enthoven CA, Tideman JWL, Tedja MS, Verhoeven VJM, Klaver CCW
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2020 Apr 9;61(4):49. doi: 10.1167/iovs.61.4.49. PMID: 32347918Free PMC Article
Qureshi MH, Steel DHW
Eye (Lond) 2020 Apr;34(4):616-631. Epub 2019 Oct 1 doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0575-z. PMID: 31576027Free PMC Article
Gupta PC, Caty JT
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2018 Jan;29(1):9-13. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000446. PMID: 29084004
Kernan KF, Carcillo JA
Int Immunol 2017 Nov 1;29(9):401-409. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxx031. PMID: 28541437Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Maroofian R, Kaiyrzhanov R, Cali E, Zamani M, Zaki MS, Ferla M, Tortora D, Sadeghian S, Saadi SM, Abdullah U, Karimiani EG, Efthymiou S, Yeşil G, Alavi S, Al Shamsi AM, Tajsharghi H, Abdel-Hamid MS, Saadi NW, Al Mutairi F, Alabdi L, Beetz C, Ali Z, Toosi MB, Rudnik-Schöneborn S, Babaei M, Isohanni P, Muhammad J, Khan S, Al Shalan M, Hickey SE, Marom D, Elhanan E, Kurian MA, Marafi D, Saberi A, Hamid M, Spaull R, Meng L, Lalani S, Maqbool S, Rahman F, Seeger J, Palculict TB, Lau T, Murphy D, Mencacci NE, Steindl K, Begemann A, Rauch A, Akbas S, Aslanger AD, Salpietro V, Yousaf H, Ben-Shachar S, Ejeskär K, Al Aqeel AI, High FA, Armstrong-Javors AE, Zahraei SM, Seifi T, Zeighami J, Shariati G, Sedaghat A, Asl SN, Shahrooei M, Zifarelli G, Burglen L, Ravelli C, Zschocke J, Schatz UA, Ghavideldarestani M, Kamel WA, Van Esch H, Hackenberg A, Taylor JC, Al-Gazali L, Bauer P, Gleeson JJ, Alkuraya FS, Lupski JR, Galehdari H, Azizimalamiri R, Chung WK, Baig SM, Houlden H, Severino M
Brain 2023 Dec 1;146(12):5031-5043. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad257. PMID: 37517035Free PMC Article
Liu SH, Saldanha IJ, Abraham AG, Rittiphairoj T, Hauswirth S, Gregory D, Ifantides C, Li T
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Oct 21;10(10):CD015070. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015070.pub2. PMID: 36269562Free PMC Article
Assi L, Chamseddine F, Ibrahim P, Sabbagh H, Rosman L, Congdon N, Evans J, Ramke J, Kuper H, Burton MJ, Ehrlich JR, Swenor BK
JAMA Ophthalmol 2021 May 1;139(5):526-541. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.0146. PMID: 33576772Free PMC Article
GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study
Lancet Glob Health 2021 Feb;9(2):e130-e143. Epub 2020 Dec 1 doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30425-3. PMID: 33275950Free PMC Article
Kernan KF, Carcillo JA
Int Immunol 2017 Nov 1;29(9):401-409. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxx031. PMID: 28541437Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Larsson SC, Burgess S
EBioMedicine 2022 Aug;82:104154. Epub 2022 Jul 8 doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104154. PMID: 35816897Free PMC Article
Zhang GQ, Chen JL, Luo Y, Mathur MB, Anagnostis P, Nurmatov U, Talibov M, Zhang J, Hawrylowicz CM, Lumsden MA, Critchley H, Sheikh A, Lundbäck B, Lässer C, Kankaanranta H, Lee SH, Nwaru BI
PLoS Med 2021 Aug;18(8):e1003731. Epub 2021 Aug 2 doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003731. PMID: 34339416Free PMC Article
Assi L, Chamseddine F, Ibrahim P, Sabbagh H, Rosman L, Congdon N, Evans J, Ramke J, Kuper H, Burton MJ, Ehrlich JR, Swenor BK
JAMA Ophthalmol 2021 May 1;139(5):526-541. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.0146. PMID: 33576772Free PMC Article
Rice JB, White AG, Scarpati LM, Wan G, Nelson WW
Clin Ther 2017 Nov;39(11):2216-2229. Epub 2017 Oct 19 doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2017.09.011. PMID: 29055500
Flaxman SR, Bourne RRA, Resnikoff S, Ackland P, Braithwaite T, Cicinelli MV, Das A, Jonas JB, Keeffe J, Kempen JH, Leasher J, Limburg H, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Silvester A, Stevens GA, Tahhan N, Wong TY, Taylor HR; Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study
Lancet Glob Health 2017 Dec;5(12):e1221-e1234. Epub 2017 Oct 11 doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30393-5. PMID: 29032195

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