Table 1. Clinical features of affected family members.
Number |
Age |
Gender |
Onset age |
Surgery age |
Clinical features |
II1 |
73 |
Female |
20 |
30 |
Aphakia, after cataract surgery |
II3 |
61 |
Male |
14–15 |
30 |
Aphakia, after cataract surgery |
III1 |
53 |
Male |
30 |
Bilateral coronary,punctate, asteroidal (above the posterior pole) cataracts |
|
III2 |
50 |
Male |
20 |
Bilateral coronary, punctate cataracts; gray opacity in partial coronary area |
|
III3 |
42 |
Female |
15 |
25 |
Aphakia, after cataract surgery |
III4 |
47 |
Female |
16–17 |
32 |
Right coronary, punctate, asteroidal (posterior pole) cataracts; left after cataract surgery |
III5 |
36 |
Female |
14–15 |
27 |
Aphakia, after cataract surgery |
III20 |
40 |
Female |
13 |
22 |
After bilateral phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation |
III21 |
37 |
Female |
10 |
29 |
After bialateral phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation |
III22 |
35 |
Male |
12 |
Bilateral punctate, asteroidal (above the posterior pole) cataracts |
|
III23 |
33 |
Male |
12 |
33 |
Proband |
IV1 |
25 |
Male |
12 |
Bilateral punctate, asteroidal (above the posterior pole) cataracts |
|
IV4 |
22 |
Female |
12 |
Bilateral punctate, asteroidal (above the posterior pole) cataracts |
|
IV8 |
19 |
Male |
10 |
Bilateral coronary, punctate cataracts |
|
IV10 |
24 |
Female |
15 |
Bilateral coronary, inverted T-shaped (posterior pole) cataracts |
|
IV15 |
13 |
Male |
Bilateral sparse punctate, asteroidal (above the posterior pole) cataracts |
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IV16 | 6 | Male | Sparse punctate opacities |
Before the age of 10, no clinical features were manifest (IV16); punctate opacification was primarily scattered in the lens perimeter, causing almost no influence on the life of the affected individuals. In adolescence, affected individuals showed ambiguous visual clinical features. At about the age of 30, the clinical features became serious. Two affected family members (III4, III23) had different clinical features between their two lenses; III1, III2, III22, and IV10 had different clinical features from each other. The clinical features of III22, IV1, and IV4 were similar.