Subacute‐onset cataract in a 29‐year‐old man with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy: A case report

Lu Chen; Yueyang Zhong; Jingjie Xu; Qiuli Fu; Ke Yao

doi:10.1002/ccr3.8417

Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2024)

Subacute‐onset cataract in a 29‐year‐old man with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy: A case report

Lu Chen,
Yueyang Zhong,
Jingjie Xu,
Qiuli Fu,
Ke Yao

Affiliations

Lu Chen: Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
Yueyang Zhong: Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
Jingjie Xu: Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
Qiuli Fu: Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China
Ke Yao: Eye Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine Zhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8417
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. n/a – n/a

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Key Clinical Message This case report aims to emphasize that subacute occurrence of nuclear cataract might be one of the underestimated manifestations of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, thus periodical ophthalmologic examinations are recommended.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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