sutural cataract with punctate & cerulean opacities

Pathology

• white opacification around the anterior & posterior Y sutures, & grayish & bluish, spindle shaped, oval punctate & cerulean opacities of various sizes arranged in lamellar form
• spots are more concentrated towards the peripheral layers
  • they do not delineate the embryonal or fetal nucleus
• phenotypic variation with respect to the size & density of the sutural opacities as well as the number & position of punctate & cerulean spots is observed among affected subjects

Genetics

• associated with defects in CRYBB2

More general terms

• familial cataracts

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/607133