Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency anemia and cataract

ABSTRACT

Glucose- 6- phosphate dehydrogenase [G6PD] enzyme has been shown to be deficient not only in the RBCs, but also in the other tissues including the lens of affected individuals. Thirty male children with G6PD deficiency and 30 age and sex matched normal controls were subjected to slit-lamp examination of the eye for evidence of cataract. None showed any cataractous changes. The present work emphasizes the importance of periodic slit-lamp examination of the eye in patients with G6PD deficiency