Anterior polar cataract in a 37 year old white female. Likel | Figure 1
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Anterior polar cataract in a 37 year old white female. Likely congenital, and vision is not affected. Uncorrected vision was 20/30, and was correctable to 20/20 with a small amount of cylinder. The other eye was not affected.
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