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Stages and Classification of Cataracts

Cataract can be classified in several ways, including by morphology, age of onset, maturity, and etiology. Morphologically, cataracts are classified as capsular, subcapsular, nuclear, cortical, or lamellar/zonular depending on the area of the lens affected. Age of onset categories include congenital, infantile, juvenile, pre-senile, and senile. Maturity is classified as intumescent, immature, mature, hypermature, or Morgagnian. Etiologically, cataracts can be traumatic, metabolic, toxic, complicated, intrauterine, hereditary, radiational, or electric based on the cause.

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Stages and Classification of Cataracts

Cataract can be classified in several ways, including by morphology, age of onset, maturity, and etiology. Morphologically, cataracts are classified as capsular, subcapsular, nuclear, cortical, or lamellar/zonular depending on the area of the lens affected. Age of onset categories include congenital, infantile, juvenile, pre-senile, and senile. Maturity is classified as intumescent, immature, mature, hypermature, or Morgagnian. Etiologically, cataracts can be traumatic, metabolic, toxic, complicated, intrauterine, hereditary, radiational, or electric based on the cause.

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CATARACT

-Soniya Joseph
1st MS c Nursing
Yenepoya Nursing
College
CLASSIFICATION
Classification :
Based on :
• Morphology
• Age of onset
• Maturity
• Etiology
MORPHOLOGIC:
[Link] cataract
-Anterior capsular cataract
-Posterior capsular cataract
[Link] capsular cataract
-Anterior subcapsular cataract
-Posterior subcapsular cataract
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[Link] cataract
[Link]/zonular cataract
[Link] cataract
AGE OF ONSET
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[Link]-senile
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MATURITY
[Link] cataract
[Link] cataract
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ETIOLOGIC
1. Traumatic cataract
2. Metabolic cataract
3. Toxic cataract
4. Complicated cataract
5. Intra uterine cataract
6. Heriditary cataract
7. Radiational cataract
8. Electric cataract
THANK YOU

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