Cataract and Celiac Disease

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Austin J Clin Ophthalmol. 2022; 9(3): 1132.

Cataract and Celiac Disease

Belidi HE¹*, Saoiabi Y² and Cherkaoui L²

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Hopital des spécialités, Rabat, Morocco

²Department of Faculity Medecine, Rabat, Morocco

*Corresponding author: Hala El Belidi, Department of Ophthalmology, Hopital des spécialités, Rabat, Morocco

Received: October 25, 2022; Accepted: November 09, 2022; Published: November 16, 2022

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24 years old patient, diagnosed 19 years ago with celiac disease, in whom we fortuitously find during a systematic ophthalmological examination in the right eye (Figure 1): a small bluish central crystalline opacification, bluish, whitish and yellowish punctiform peripheral opacifications, without any visual repercussion.

Figure 1: Diffuse light slit lamp photograph of the right eye showing bluish central opacification with multiplebluish-white-yellow is hopacities spread throughout the cortex of lens.


    


    

    


    


    Figure 1: Diffuse light slit lamp photograph of the right eye showing bluish

central opacification with multiplebluish-white-yellow is hopacities spread

throughout the cortex of lens.

The Celiac Disease (CD) is an immune-mediated disease and affects the small intestine. it may have a wide variety of clinical manifestations. CD has also been associated with a large spectrum of extra intestinal manifestations [1], including Several Ophthalmologic manifestations such as dry eye, uveitis and cataract. The ocular disorders associated with CD appear to be the result of immunemediated mechanisms or malabsorption of vitamins and elements [2].

Cataract genesis has been associated with CD [3,4]. The etiology has not yet been fully elucidated, but it appears that dehydration and malabsorption of vitamins and trace elements play an important role.

Disclosure of Interest

The authors declare that they have no competing interest.

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Citation: Belidi HE, Saoiabi Y and Cherkaoui L. Cataract and Celiac Disease. Austin J Clin Ophthalmol. 2022; 9(3): 1132.