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Clinical picture of the week: Diabetic cataract

This award-winning photograph shows a diabetic cataract.

This picture was a bronze winner in the 2009 Institute of Medical Illustrators awards and was taken by Kim Baxter at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.



This is the latest in our series of clinical pictures which will be published every week. Click here to see all the pictures.

Diabetic cataract

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