Cataract

A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of the eye that leads to a decrease in vision. Cataracts often develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Cataracts
May Cause
Intraorbital calcification
May Be Caused by
Absence deformity of leg - cataract
Alport syndrome
Alström syndrome
Alves syndrome
Angelman syndrome
Aniridia-Wilms tumor association
Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Branchiooculofacial syndrome
CAMAK syndrome
CAMFAK syndrome
Camurati-Engelmann disease
Cardiomyopathy - cataract - hip spine disease
Cataract - ataxia - deafness
Cataract - deafness - hypogonadism
Cataract - hypertrichosis - intellectual deficit
Cataract - intellectual deficit - anal atresia - urinary defects
Cataract - intellectual deficit - hypogonadism
Cataract - nephropathy - encephalopathy
Cataract and rhizomelic limb shortening
Cataract-cerebellar atrophy-mental retardation-myopathy
Cataract-dysmorphism-neuropathy syndrome
Cataracts - aberrant oral frenula - growth retardation
Cataracts - radiculomegaly - septal defect - deafness
Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
Chondrodysplasia punctata
Chromosome syndrome
Clouston syndrome
Cochleosaccular degeneration - cataract
Cockayne syndrome
CODAS syndrome
Cohen syndrome
Congenital osteogenesis imperfecta - microcephaly - cataracts
Craniosynostosis - cataract
Cutis verticis gyrata
Diabetes mellitus
Diaphyseal medullary stenosis with malignancy-
Dubowitz syndrome
Endocrinopathy-ichthyosis syndrome
Exfoliation syndrome
Facio-oculo-acoustico-renal syndrome
FAOR syndrome
Fetal rubella syndrome
Fetal varicella infection
Fine-Lubinsky syndrome
Finlay-Marks syndrome
Flynn-Aird syndrome
Frontofacionasal dysplasia
Frontonasal dysplasia
G6PD deficiency
Galactokinase deficiency
Galactosemia
Goltz syndrome
Gorlin syndrome
Gyrate atrophy with hyperornithinemia
Hallermann-Streiff syndrome
Hardcastle
Hereditary mucoepithelial dysplasia
Homocystinuria
Hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome
Hyperglycinuria
Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism - cataract syndrome
Hypobetalipoproteinemia and vitamin E deficiency
Hypochondroplasia
Hypoglycemia
Hypoparathyroidism
Incontinentia pigmenti
Intellectual deficit - cataracts - calcified pinnae - myopathy
Intellectual deficit - cataracts - kyphosis
Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome
Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome
Kniest dysplasia
Knobloch syndrome
Lactose intolerance
Lowe syndrome
Mannosidosis
Marginal maternal galactokinase deficiency
Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome
Marshall syndrome
Martsolf syndrome
Menkes disease
Mesomelic dysplasia with spur-limbs
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Mevalonic aciduria
MICRO syndrome
Microcephalic osteodysplastic dysplasia
Microcephaly - microphthalmia - cataract - intracranial calcification
Microcephaly - rhizomelia - cataracts - micropenis
Microphthalmia - cataract
Mitochondrial myopathy-cardiomyopathy-cataract-lactic acidosis
Monilethrix syndrome
Moore-Federman syndrome
Morning glory syndrome
Mucolipidosis type 1
Multiple sulfatase deficiency
Myotonic dystrophy
Nail-patella syndrome
Nance-Horan syndrome
Neu-Laxova syndrome
Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum
Oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome
Oculodentoosseous syndrome
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis
Peters anomaly - cataract
PHACE association
Polyneuropathy - hearing loss - ataxia - retinitis pigmentosa - cataract
Progeria
Progeroid syndrome - dysmorphism - facial erythroderma - cataracts - basal ganglia calcification - ASD
Progressive muscular wasting - unusual facies - cataracts - mental deficiency - ossification of pinnae - generalized osteoporosis
Proteus syndrome
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Radiculomegaly of canine teeth - cataracts
Riboflavin deficiency
Rickets
Rieger syndrome
Roberts syndrome
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
Sclerosteosis
Sebastian syndrome
Sharony dysplasia
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
Smith-Magenis syndrome
Sorbitol dehydrogenase deficiency
Spinal muscular atrophy - Dandy-Walker complex - cataracts
Spondylo-ocular syndrome
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
Stickler syndrome
Trichomegaly - cataract - hereditary spherocytosis
Uncombable hair syndrome
UPD galactose-4-epimerase deficiency
Velocardiofacial syndrome
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
Walker-Warburg syndrome
Warfarin embryopathy
Werner syndrome
Wilson disease
Zellweger syndrome
Zimmermann-Laband syndrome
Cataracts
Absence deformity of leg - cataract
Alport syndrome
Alström syndrome
Alves syndrome
Angelman syndrome
Aniridia-Wilms tumor association
Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Branchiooculofacial syndrome
CAMAK syndrome
CAMFAK syndrome
Camurati-Engelmann disease
Cardiomyopathy - cataract - hip spine disease
Cataract - ataxia - deafness
Cataract - deafness - hypogonadism
Cataract - hypertrichosis - intellectual deficit
Cataract - intellectual deficit - anal atresia - urinary defects
Cataract - intellectual deficit - hypogonadism
Cataract - nephropathy - encephalopathy
Cataract and rhizomelic limb shortening
Cataract-cerebellar atrophy-mental retardation-myopathy
Cataract-dysmorphism-neuropathy syndrome
Cataracts - aberrant oral frenula - growth retardation
Cataracts - radiculomegaly - septal defect - deafness
Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
Chondrodysplasia punctata
Chromosome syndrome
Clouston syndrome
Cochleosaccular degeneration - cataract
Cockayne syndrome
CODAS syndrome
Cohen syndrome
Congenital osteogenesis imperfecta - microcephaly - cataracts
Craniosynostosis - cataract
Cutis verticis gyrata
Diabetes mellitus
Diaphyseal medullary stenosis with malignancy-
Dubowitz syndrome
Endocrinopathy-ichthyosis syndrome
Exfoliation syndrome
Facio-oculo-acoustico-renal syndrome
FAOR syndrome
Fetal rubella syndrome
Fetal varicella infection
Fine-Lubinsky syndrome
Finlay-Marks syndrome
Flynn-Aird syndrome
Frontofacionasal dysplasia
Frontonasal dysplasia
G6PD deficiency
Galactokinase deficiency
Galactosemia
Goltz syndrome
Gorlin syndrome
Gyrate atrophy with hyperornithinemia
Hallermann-Streiff syndrome
Hardcastle
Hereditary mucoepithelial dysplasia
Homocystinuria
Hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome
Hyperglycinuria
Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism - cataract syndrome
Hypobetalipoproteinemia and vitamin E deficiency
Hypochondroplasia
Hypoglycemia
Hypoparathyroidism
Incontinentia pigmenti
Intellectual deficit - cataracts - calcified pinnae - myopathy
Intellectual deficit - cataracts - kyphosis
Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome
Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome
Kniest dysplasia
Knobloch syndrome
Lactose intolerance
Lowe syndrome
Mannosidosis
Marginal maternal galactokinase deficiency
Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome
Marshall syndrome
Martsolf syndrome
Menkes disease
Mesomelic dysplasia with spur-limbs
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Mevalonic aciduria
MICRO syndrome
Microcephalic osteodysplastic dysplasia
Microcephaly - microphthalmia - cataract - intracranial calcification
Microcephaly - rhizomelia - cataracts - micropenis
Microphthalmia - cataract
Mitochondrial myopathy-cardiomyopathy-cataract-lactic acidosis
Monilethrix syndrome
Moore-Federman syndrome
Morning glory syndrome
Mucolipidosis type 1
Multiple sulfatase deficiency
Myotonic dystrophy
Nail-patella syndrome
Nance-Horan syndrome
Neu-Laxova syndrome
Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum
Oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome
Oculodentoosseous syndrome
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis
Peters anomaly - cataract
PHACE association
Polyneuropathy - hearing loss - ataxia - retinitis pigmentosa - cataract
Progeria
Progeroid syndrome - dysmorphism - facial erythroderma - cataracts - basal ganglia calcification - ASD
Progressive muscular wasting - unusual facies - cataracts - mental deficiency - ossification of pinnae - generalized osteoporosis
Proteus syndrome
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Radiculomegaly of canine teeth - cataracts
Riboflavin deficiency
Rickets
Rieger syndrome
Roberts syndrome
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
Sclerosteosis
Sebastian syndrome
Sharony dysplasia
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
Smith-Magenis syndrome
Sorbitol dehydrogenase deficiency
Spinal muscular atrophy - Dandy-Walker complex - cataracts
Spondylo-ocular syndrome
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia
Stickler syndrome
Trichomegaly - cataract - hereditary spherocytosis
Uncombable hair syndrome
UPD galactose-4-epimerase deficiency
Velocardiofacial syndrome
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome
Walker-Warburg syndrome
Warfarin embryopathy
Werner syndrome
Wilson disease
Zellweger syndrome
Zimmermann-Laband syndrome