Blue Dot Cataract

• Also called cataracta punctata caerulea
• Not uncommon

Clinical Features

• Often found as an incidental finding during routine ocular examination
• Symptoms:
  • Asymptomatic
  • Patient may develop cataract at an adult younger age
• Signs:
  • Discrete punctuate bluish opacities throughout the cortex
  • Classified as coronary cataract if the opacities occur in a ring configuration near the lens equator

Management

observation if not visually significant