In children with bilateral cataracts, systemic and hereditary causes were more often identified than in unilateral cases, in which ocular associations were more often made, according to a study.
“There are few reports specifying associated systemic diagnoses in large cohorts of children undergoing cataract surgery,” Bharti R. Nihalani-Gangwani, MD, and colleague wrote in a poster presentation at the virtual American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus annual meeting.
The researchers conducted a chart review of 727 patients younger than 21 years who underwent
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