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David L. Epstein, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1976;94(3):461-463.

Abstract
• Following one month of poor diabetic control, a 54-year-old patient presented with a unilateral posterior subcapsular cataract, consisting of numerous fine, feathery, streak-like opacities radiating from a dense, round, central, posterior, subcapsular plaque. Except for extensive pseudoexfoliation, the fellow lens was clear. After a subsequent week of strict diabetic control, the feathery streak-like opacities had almost disappeared. The findings are discussed in relation to the experimentally induced sugar cataract in which sugar alcohol accumulation and subsequent lens swelling result in a potentially reversible lens opacification.

Author Affiliations
From the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles St, Boston.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov 18, 1974.

Reprint requests to Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114 (Dr Epstein).

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