Complains of vision difficulty

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A patient who is 65 complains of vision difficulty. He has no eye pain, or drainage. He is otherwise asymptomatic. You examine the eye and find a cloudy opacity of the lens, visible through the pupil. Upon questioning, the patient also had many years of corticoid steroid use. When you use the light to view his pupils, you see this: There is nothing covering the eyeball, but this is an opacity seen through thA patient who is 65 complains of vision difficulty. He has no eye pain, or drainage. He is otherwise asymptomatic. You examine the eye and find a cloudy opacity of the lens, visible through the pupil. Upon questioning, the patient also had many years of corticoid steroid use. When you use the light to view his pupils, you see this: There is nothing covering the eyeball, but this is an opacity seen through the pupil while holding a penlight. You think this most likely represents: a) Arcus senilis b) Cataract c) Keiser-Fleischer Ring d) Corneal abrasian.

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