Polar Cataract Lens (Photo)

This high-magnification photo shows an anterior polar cataract. The beam of light allows you to appreciate the slightly raised surface that this opacity forms on the front portion of the lens.

This photo may be hard to understand if you don’t use a slit-lamp microscope much. To get a better idea of how these cataracts look, you should watch the short anterior polar cataract video that this snapshot was taken from.