Oil drop cataract is characteristic of ?: (A) Diabetes, (B) Chalcosis, (C) Galactosemia, (D) Wilson's disease
Answer is C. Ans. C) Galactosemia Oil drop cataract Commonly seen in patients with galactosemia (a recessively inherited inborn error of carbohydrate metabolism). Accumulation of dulcitol (galactose reduction product) within the lens cells leads to increased intracellular osmotic pressure and fluid influx into the lens.