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Silver lining in the dark clouds: Sinking cortex sign

Volume: 5 Number: 1 January 12, 2024
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Silver lining in the dark clouds: Sinking cortex sign

Abstract

A 40 years old male reported with gross diminution of vision right eye for 6 months. He gave a history of trauma to the right eye at the age of 10 years with a broomstick. On examination his vision as 1/60. Careful slit lamp examination revealed a small linear leucomatous grade mature white cataract with intact anterior capsule and “sinking cortex” sign. Patient underwent pars plana lens extraction and multipiece intraocular lens placement by a vitreo-retinal surgeon. Post operatively the vision recovered to 6/6. This clinical image highlights the importance of meticulous slit lamp examination in mature cataracts for signs like sinking cortex sign and also reports the incidence of late onset post traumatic cataract after 30 years of initial injury.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Ophthalmology

Journal Section

Image Presentation

Publication Date

January 12, 2024

Submission Date

November 17, 2023

Acceptance Date

January 12, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 5 Number: 1

APA
Kalra, N., Rana, V., & Sharma, V. (2024). Silver lining in the dark clouds: Sinking cortex sign. Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection, 5(1), 5-6. https://izlik.org/JA65FF89TB
AMA
1.Kalra N, Rana V, Sharma V. Silver lining in the dark clouds: Sinking cortex sign. CEOTI. 2024;5(1):5-6. https://izlik.org/JA65FF89TB
Chicago
Kalra, Nidhi, Vipin Rana, and Vikas Sharma. 2024. “Silver Lining in the Dark Clouds: Sinking Cortex Sign”. Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection 5 (1): 5-6. https://izlik.org/JA65FF89TB.
EndNote
Kalra N, Rana V, Sharma V (January 1, 2024) Silver lining in the dark clouds: Sinking cortex sign. Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection 5 1 5–6.
IEEE
[1]N. Kalra, V. Rana, and V. Sharma, “Silver lining in the dark clouds: Sinking cortex sign”, CEOTI, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 5–6, Jan. 2024, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA65FF89TB
ISNAD
Kalra, Nidhi - Rana, Vipin - Sharma, Vikas. “Silver Lining in the Dark Clouds: Sinking Cortex Sign”. Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection 5/1 (January 1, 2024): 5-6. https://izlik.org/JA65FF89TB.
JAMA
1.Kalra N, Rana V, Sharma V. Silver lining in the dark clouds: Sinking cortex sign. CEOTI. 2024;5:5–6.
MLA
Kalra, Nidhi, et al. “Silver Lining in the Dark Clouds: Sinking Cortex Sign”. Clinical and Experimental Ocular Trauma and Infection, vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 2024, pp. 5-6, https://izlik.org/JA65FF89TB.
Vancouver
1.Nidhi Kalra, Vipin Rana, Vikas Sharma. Silver lining in the dark clouds: Sinking cortex sign. CEOTI [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 1;5(1):5-6. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA65FF89TB