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Causes of Cataract

This section discusses 252 medical conditions causing Cataract. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Cataract:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Cataract. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Cataract:

The following list of conditions have 'Cataract' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • 3 alpha methylglutaconicaciduria, type 3 ... cataract

    A

  • Achard syndrome ... cataract
  • Achromatopsia 3 ... cataract
  • Achromatopsia with Myopia ... cataract
  • Adams Nance syndrome ... cataract
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy, autosomal, neonatal form ... cataract
  • Alport syndrome with leukocyte inclusions and macrothrombocytopenia ... congenital cataracts
  • Alves Castelo dos Santos syndrome ... cataract
  • Aniridia ... cataract
  • Aniridia - absent patella ... cataract
  • Aniridia - mental retardation syndrome ... cataract
  • Aniridia II ... cataract
  • Aniridia, type 2 ... cataract
  • Anterior polar cataract 2 ... cataract
  • Anterior segment mesenchymal dysgenesis ... cataract
  • Arachnodactyly - ataxia - cataract - aminoaciduria - mental retardation ... congenital cataracts
  • Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic congenital nuclear cataract ... cataract

    B

  • Bassoe syndrome ... cataract
  • Bosma-Henkin-Christiansen syndrome ... cataract
  • Brachycephaly - deafness - cataract - mental retardation ... cataract
  • Brachycephaly - deafness - cataract - microstomia - mental retardation ... cataract
  • Brachymetapody, anodontia, hypotrichosis, albinoidism ... cataract

    C

  • CAMFAK syndrome ... cataract
  • Camurati-Engelmann Disease ... cataract
  • Cardiomyopathy cataract hip spine disease ... cataract
  • Cataract - ataxia - deafness ... congenital cataract
  • Cataract - intellectual deficit - anal atresia - urinary defects ... cataract
  • Cataract and cardiomyopathy ... congenital cataract
  • Cataract and congenital ichthyosis ... cataract
  • Cataract congenital dominant non nuclear ... cataract
  • Cataract dental syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Cataract Hutterite type ... cataract
  • Cataract skeletal anomalies ... cataract
  • Cataract, anterior polar, dominant ... cataract
  • Cataract, autosomal recessive congenital 2 ... congenital cataracts
  • Cataract, congenital nuclear, autosomal recessive 1 ... cataract
  • Cataract, congenital nuclear, autosomal recessive 2 ... cataract
  • Cataract, congenital, autosomal dominant ... cataract
  • Cataract, congenital, Volkmann type ... cataract
  • Cataract, congenital, with microcornea or slight microphthalmia ... congenital cataracts
  • Cataract, microphthalmia and nystagmus ... congenital cataracts
  • Cataract, posterior polar, 1 ... congenital cataract
  • Cataract, posterior polar, 2 ... congenital cataract
  • Cataract, Zonular Pulverulent 1 ... congenital cataract
  • Cataract, Zonular Pulverulent 3 ... congenital cataract
  • Cataract-microcornea syndrome ... cataract
  • CCFDN ... congenital cataracts
  • Cerebelloparenchymal autosomal recessive disorder 3 ... cataract
  • Cerebro-oculo-dento-auriculo-skeletal syndrome ... cataract
  • Cervenka's syndrome ... cataract
  • Chemke-Oliver-Mallek syndrome ... cataract
  • Chromosome 11, deletion 11p ... Congenital cataracts
  • Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome ... cataract
  • Chromosome 2, monosomy 2q24 ... Cataract
  • Chromosome 4 ring syndrome ... cataract
  • Chromosome 6, monosomy 6q ... Cataract
  • Chromosome 6q deletion syndrome ... cataract
  • Chromosome 8 trisomy syndrome ... cataract
  • Chromosome 8, trisomy ... Cataract
  • Chylomicron retention disease with Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome ... cataract
  • Cochleosaccular degeneration of the inner ear and progressive cataracts ... cataract
  • Cockayne syndrome ... cataract
  • Cohen-Hayden syndrome ... cataract
  • Congenital cystic eye, multiple ocular and intracranial anomalies ... cataract
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1/IIX ... cataract
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1I ... cataract
  • Cornea guttata with anterior polar cataract ... cataract
  • Craniolenticulosutural dysplasia ... cataract
  • Craniostenosis cataract ... cataract
  • Craniosynostosis - cataract ... cataract
  • Criswick-Schepens syndrome ... cataract
  • Crome syndrome ... congenital cataracts

    D

  • Dahlberg syndrome ... bilateral cataract
  • Deletion 11p ... Congenital cataracts
  • Deletion 2q24 ... cataract
  • Deletion 6q ... Cataract
  • Delta-1-pyrroline 5-carboxylate synthetase deficiency ... cataract
  • Dementia, familial Danish ... cataract
  • Dennis-Fairhurst-Moore syndrome ... congenital cataract
  • Diffuse leiomyomatosis with Alport syndrome ... cataract
  • Digitorenocerebral syndrome ... cataract
  • Dionisi-Vici-Sabetta-Gambarara syndrome ... cataract
  • Dominant zonular cataract ... cataract
  • Dup (1) (q25-qter) and del (18p) ... cataract
  • Dwarfism - stiff joint - ocular abnormalities ... cataract
  • Dysequilibrium syndrome ... cataract
  • Dystrophia myotonica 1 ... cataract

    E

  • Epimetaphyseal dysplasia cataract ... cataract
  • Erythromycin - Teratogenic Agent ... congenital cataract

    F

  • Faciooculoacousticorenal syndrome ... cataract
  • Fechtner syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Fine-Lubinsky syndrome ... cataract
  • Finlay-Markes syndrome ... cataract

    G

  • Glutaric aciduria 2 ... congenital cataract
  • Goldstein-Hutt syndrome ... cataract

    H

  • Hajdu-Cheney Syndrome ... cataract
  • HARD syndrome ... cataract
  • HARD syndrome (Hydrocephalus - agyria - retinal dysplasia) ... cataract
  • HEC syndrome ... cataract
  • Heckenlively syndrome ... cataract
  • Hornova-Dlurosova syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Hyperammonemia - hypoornithinemia - hypocitrullinemia - hypoargininemia - hypoprolinemia ... cataract
  • Hyperferritinemia, hereditary with congenital cataracts ... cataract
  • Hypomyelination - congenital cataract ... congenital cataract
  • Hypomyelination and congenital cataract ... congenital cataract
  • Hypoparathyroidism X-linked ... cataract

    I

  • IBIDS syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Incontinentia Pigmenti ... cataract
  • Infantile spasms - broad thumbs ... cataract
  • Intellectual deficit - cataracts - calcified pinnae - myopathy ... cataract

    J

  • Johnson-Hall-Krous syndrome ... cataract

    K

  • Karandikar-Maria-Kamble syndrome ... cataract
  • Karsch-Neugenbauer syndrome ... cataract
  • Kozlowski-Rafinski-Klicharska syndrome ... cataract

    L

  • Lamellar Cataract ... cataract
  • Lanzietri syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Leg absence - deformity - cataract ... cataract
  • Leiomyomatosis of esophagus, cataract and hematuria ... cataract
  • Leiomyomatosis of oesophagus, congenital cataract and hematuria ... congenital cataract
  • Lipidosis with triglyceride storage disease ... cataract
  • Lundberg II syndrome ... cataract

    M

  • Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome ... congenital cataract
  • Marinesco-Sjögren I ... cataract, congenital cataract
  • Martsolf syndrome ... cataract
  • Mental retardation - short stature - microcephaly - eye anomalies ... cataract
  • Mental retardation cataracts calcified pinnae myopathy ... cataract
  • Methylmalonic aciduria - microcephaly - cataract ... cataract
  • Micro syndrome ... congenital cataract
  • Microcephalic osteodysplastic dysplasia, Saul-Wilson type ... cataract
  • Microcephalic primordial dwarfism, Toriello type ... cataract
  • Microcornea - cataract - coloboma syndrome ... cataract
  • Microphthalmia - cataract ... cataract
  • Microphthalmia syndromic, type 5 ... cataract
  • Microphthalmis, isolated, with cataract 1 ... congenital cataracts
  • Microphthalmis, isolated, with cataract 4 ... congenital cataracts
  • Midline craniofacial anomalies and morning glory disc anomaly ... cataract
  • Myopathy mitochondrial - cataract ... cataract

    N

  • Noble-Bass-Sherman syndrome ... cataract
  • Norrie syndrome ... cataract

    O

  • Ocular melanoma ... cataract
  • Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, type Preus ... cataract
  • Opitc atrophy and cataract, autosomal dominant ... cataract
  • Optic atrophy and cataract, autosomal dominant ... cataract
  • Ossified Ear cartilages with Mental deficiency, Muscle Wasting and Bony Changes ... cataract

    P

  • Pellagra-like syndrome ... cataract
  • Peters anomaly with cataract ... cataract
  • PIBIDS syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Pierson syndrome ... cataract
  • Primerose syndrome ... cataract
  • Primrose Syndrome ... cataract
  • Progressive neurodegeneration - joint laxity - cataract ... cataract
  • Proteus like syndrome mental retardation eye defect ... cataract
  • Pseudo-torch syndrome ... congenital cataract

    R

  • Retinopathy pigmentary - intellectual deficit ... cataract
  • Retinopathy pigmentary mental retardation ... cataract
  • Retinopathy, pigmentary and mental retardation ... cataract
  • Rubella virus antenatal infection ... cataract

    S

  • Scalp - ear - nipple syndrome ... cataract
  • Schäfer syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Seow-Najjar syndrome ... cataract
  • Singh-Chhaparwal-Dhanda syndrome ... cataract
  • Slavotinek hurst syndrome ... cataract
  • Slavotinek-Pike-Mills-Hurst syndrome ... cataract
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 2 ... cataract
  • Split hand split foot nystagmus ... cataract
  • Spondylo-ocular syndrome ... cataract
  • Stickler Syndrome ... cataract
  • Stickler Syndrome, type I ... cataract
  • Stickler Syndrome, type II ... cataract
  • Syndactyly - cataract - mental retardation ... cataract

    T

  • Tetra-Amelia, Autosomal Recessive ... cataract
  • Tetraamelia - multiple malformations ... cataract
  • Total colorblindness with Myopia ... cataract
  • Trichomegaly cataract hereditary spherocytosis ... cataract
  • Tsao-Ellingson syndrome ... cataract

    U

  • Upper limb defect eye and ear abnormalities ... cataract
  • Urban Schosser Spohn syndrome ... Cataract
  • Usher syndrome, type 1C ... cataract

    V

  • Velocardiofacial syndrome ... cataract
  • Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome ... cataract

    W

  • Wagner syndrome 1 ... cataract
  • Wagner-Stickler Syndrome ... cataract
  • WAGR Syndrome ... cataract, congenital cataracts
  • Walker Dyson syndrome ... Cataract
  • Weleber Hecht Bigley syndrome ... Cataract
  • Wilms tumor - aniridia - genitourinary anomalies - mental retardation ... cataract, congenital cataracts

    Z

  • Zellweger Syndrome ... Cataract, congenital cataracts
  • Zonular Cataract ... cataract

    Conditions listing medical complications: Cataract:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Cataract' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • Autoimmune uveitis ... Cataract

    E

  • Electrical burns ... cataract
  • Enhanced S-Cone Syndrome ... cataract
  • Exudative retinopathy familial, autosomal dominant ... cataract
  • Exudative retinopathy familial, autosomal recessive ... cataract
  • Exudative retinopathy familial, X-linked, recessive ... cataract
  • Exudative retinopathy, familial ... cataract
  • Exudative vitreoretinopathy 3 ... cataract
  • Exudative vitreoretinopathy 4 ... cataract

    I

  • Intraocular melanoma ... cataract

    L

  • Leprosy ... cataract

    M

  • Melanoma of the ciliary body ... cataract

    R

  • Retinoschisis with early hemeralopia ... cataract

    U

  • Uveitis ... Cataract

    More Information About Cataract

    List of 252 causes of Cataract

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Cataract in our database from various sources.

    Medical Textbooks about Cataract

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Cataract. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Cataract (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • Cataract
    • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
     

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