Steroid cataract is a late discovery in the spectrum of maleficent side-effects of corticosteroid
administration. The first awareness must be credited to von Sallmann's group at the NIH in …

With the exception of antibiotics few new medicines would seem to have achieved such
frequent and wide-spread application in our time as cortisoneintroduced by Hench and his …

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 …

• While the cataractogenic effects of corticosteroids are beyond dispute, disagreement exists
concerning effects of total dose, intensity of dose, and duration of administration on cataract …

Most common side effects of systemic corticosteroids are posterior subcapsular cataract and
glaucoma. There is no way to prevent corticosteroid-induced cataract. The risk of these …

The presumed association of lens opacifications and prolonged corticosteroid therapy was
first reported by Black, Oglesby, Von Sallmann and Bunim in I960, 1 and later reaffirmed by …

Corticosteroid therapy is of great value in many types of eye disease. The indications are
briefly discussed, together with the choice of agent and mode of administration. The dangers …

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 …

The side effects of corticosteroids Page 1 The side effects of corticosteroids Bernard Becker
C,'orticosteroids are of enormous value in the suppression of the ocular inflammatory reaction …

Four aspects of systemic corticosteroid and corti-cotrophic hormone therapy are discussed:
steroid (posterior subcapsular) cataracts, steroid glaucoma, serous exudates and sudden …