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Morphological and Morphometrical Study of Human Lens in Senile Cataract

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Title: Morphological and Morphometrical Study of Human Lens in Senile Cataract

Authors: Muhammed Roshan Shaikh , Muhammed Zahoor Janjua 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1997

Volume: 47

Issue: 5

Language: English

Categories
Aging (73) Cataract (13) Morphology (567) Pathology (12652) Ophthalmology (4490)

Abstract

Abstract


Histological changes were studied in 34 senile cataractous lenses removed surgically from patients aged 50 to 78 years. Sixty-eight percent had nuclear sclerosis, 44% swollen cells and morgagnian globular changes, 23% calcium deposition, 15% migration of epithelial cells beneath posterior capsule and villous projection in posterior in 7%. Several cases had more than one histological abnormality. There was significant reduction in the diameter of epithelial cells of the cataract and insignificant change in capsular thickness

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