This picture is the right lens. There's just a small vacuole in the right lens.



This picture is of the posterior capsule cataract in the os, retroilluminated off the retina.

Here's a direct picture of the left posterior cataract.

Here's a picture of the left nuclear cataract (center of lens)

Here's a picture of the right nucleus of the lens. You can see the difference between the left and right.

The top picture is the normal left eye. The light is reflected off the back . The bottom shows a posterior cataract. Can you see the difference?

NUCLEAR CATARACT

This patient has a nuclear cataract (top photo). His other eye does not. See the difference?  The bottom photo is of the same eye with the cataract 2 years prior.

RPE ATROPHY

The subtle yellowish area near the center is an area of RPE atrophy. RPE are the pigment cells under the retinal. This atrophy is in a 56 year old and may be a precursor for macular degeneration. Patient can begin preventive measures against AMD such as diet and exercise changes. Smoking is a big risk factor.

Cortical Spoking Cataracts

The top picture is the left eye of a patient and the bottom is the patient's right eye. You can see in the pupil that there is a cortical opacity, greater in the right eye than the left. Interestingly, this patient see's 20/20 in the right eye during the day. But at night the pupils get bigger and the light hits the cataract and causes starbursting of headlights. Very bad in the rain but nice at Christmas time when looking at lights.

CORTICAL CATARACT

you can see an opacity from 3:00 to 7:00 in the periphery of this lens. The light is reflected off the back of the eye to get this photo. This is called a cortical cataract. It may or may not get worse.