Approach to Cataracts

Differential diagnosis

• Endocrine
  • Cushing’s syndrome
  • Diabetes
• Neurological
  • Myotonic dystrophy
• Chromosomal defects
  • Down’s syndrome
  • Turner’s syndrome
• Drugs
  • Antimalarials
  • Chlorpromazine
• Mitochondrial
  • Fabry disease
• Senile
• Childhood TORCH