Centrally placed opacities lying under the capsuleatthe posteriorpart of the lens-posterior
subcapsular cataracts (PSC)-have beenreported in 12.5 to 6o per cent.(mean 36-7 per cent.) …

In 1960 Black et al.(1, 2) reported that they had found among patients with rheumatoid
arthritis, who had received long-term general corticosteroid treatment in moderately-high …

A previous communication by the authors related the development of posterior subcapsular
cataracts (PSC) to long-term high dose corticosteroid therapy, 1 and a subsequent paper 2 …

A previous report by us 1 has detailed the occurrence of posterior subcapsular cataracts
(PSC) in 5 of 22 (23%) rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with 10-16 mg. of prednisone or …

POSTERIOR subcapsular cataracts (PSC) are generally associated with exposure to toxic
agents, posterior intraocular disease, ionizing radiation, or blunt trauma. As a rule these …

IN MAY, 1960, the rheumatologists of this group were contacted by Black and Bunim
concerning their study then in progress, which revealed a 39 per cent incidence of posterior …

A group of 56 patients who had received sustained, systemic corticosteroid therapy were
examined in order to determine the incidence of posterior subcapsular cataracts. Thirty-eight …

Systemic corticosteroid therapy recently has been postulated as an etiologic factor in
formation of posterior subcapsular cataracts, 1-3 with 39% to 42% incidence of posterior …

Methods Ocular examination included refraction to determine maximal visual acuity;
transillumination with ophthal-moscope and biomicroscopy with a modern slit-lamp were …

Introduction While examining a group of rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving intramuscular
injections of triamcinolone acetonide, a new steroid for systemic administration, we found a …