A cataract means any opacity of the lens.Cataract is not the common problem in pediatric practice, but it is the most common cause of treatable childhood blindness. Some are detected incidentally on clinical examination, majority are observed by the parents or caretakers & others may present with visual complaints. Cataracts are more common in low birth weight infants ( Many a times, clinician may not get a cause of cataracts in children in spite of good evaluation. Common causes of cataracts · Congenital infections × Rubella. × Cytomegalovirus. × Toxoplasmosis. × Herpes Simplex Infection × Syphilis · Developmental variants × Prematurity × Low birth weight babies · Metabolic disorders × Galactosemia. × Homocystinuria. × Wilson disease. × Fabry disease. × Abetalipoproteinemia. × Nieman...