Morphological and morphometrical study of human lens in senile cataract.
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Histological changes were studied in 34 senile cataractous lenses removed surgically from patients aged 50 to 78 years. Sixty-eight percent had nuclear sclerosis, 44% swollen cells and morgagnian globular changes, 23% calcium deposition, 15% migration of epithelial cells beneath posterior capsule and villous projection in posterior in 7%. Several cases had more than one histological abnormality. There was significant reduction in the diameter of epithelial cells of the cataract and insignificant change in capsular thickness.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
دوره 47 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997