cerulean cataract
MONDO:0020374Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names cerulean cataract yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Cerulean cataract is a type of hereditary congenital cataract distinguished by bluish and white opacifications in the superficial layers of the fetal lens nucleus and adult lens nucleus and characterized by reduced visual acuity in childhood, eventually necessitating extraction of the lens.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0020374), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Genes
4 genes
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: cerulean cataract
- Also called
- blue-dot cataract