Cataract - Classification

Etiological Classification
1. Age-related cataract

• Immature Senile Cataract (IMSC)
• Cataract (MSC)
• Senile Cataract (HMSC)

2. Congenital cataract

• Sutural cataract
• Lamellar cataract
• Zonular cataract
• Total cataract

3. Secondary cataract

• Drug-induced cataract (e.g. Corticosteroids)

4. Traumatic cataract

• Blunt trauma
• Penetrating trauma