Corneal epithelial thickness analysis of forme fruste keratoconus with optical coherence tomography
AIM: To explore the significance of corneal epithelial thickness analysis in diagnosing early keratoconus. METHODS: There were 26 clinical keratoconus, 21 forme fruste keratoconus, 40 high corneal astigmatism (ΔK) and 40 low ΔK eyes involved in the study. Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography...
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| description | AIM: To explore the significance of corneal epithelial thickness analysis in diagnosing early keratoconus. METHODS: There were 26 clinical keratoconus, 21 forme fruste keratoconus, 40 high corneal astigmatism (ΔK) and 40 low ΔK eyes involved in the study. Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography was used to measure the corneal epithelial thickness of four groups. The morphological features of topographic map and the thickness of corneal epithelial thinnest point were analyzed. The distribution curve of corneal epithelial thickness at 45°, 90°, and 135° axial directions that are through the pupil center was also analyzed. One-way ANOVA was performed to compare the data. RESULTS: The topographic map of forme fruste keratoconus corneal epithelial thickness was uniformity shape; crater shape existed only in clinical keratoconus group; and central island shape mainly existed in high ΔK group. The thinnest point of corneal epithelial thickness of forme fruste keratoconus group was significantly lower than that of low ΔK group (P=0.022). The thickness of corneal epithelium in the forme fruste keratoconus at 90° was thinner than that in the low astigmatism group at -1, and -2 mm points (P-1 mm=0.015, P-2 mm=0.036). CONCLUSION: The analysis of the thinnest point in forme fruste keratoconus corneal epithelium appears earlier than corneal epithelial remodeling. The topographic map of corneal epithelium in high ΔK eyes appears in central island shape, and can be used for the differential diagnosis of early keratoconus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a82e807c65ac4e48b770c0d2938c73aa2022-12-21T20:33:15ZengPress of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS)International Journal of Ophthalmology2222-39592227-48982021-01-01141899610.18240/ijo.2021.01.1320210113Corneal epithelial thickness analysis of forme fruste keratoconus with optical coherence tomographyXiao-Long Yang0Yun Wang1Bao-Gen Luo2Yue Xu3Xiao-Feng Zhang4Xiao-Feng Zhang. Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu Province, China. zhangxiaofeng@suda.edu.cnDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu Province, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu Province, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu Province, ChinaDepartment of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu Province, ChinaAIM: To explore the significance of corneal epithelial thickness analysis in diagnosing early keratoconus. METHODS: There were 26 clinical keratoconus, 21 forme fruste keratoconus, 40 high corneal astigmatism (ΔK) and 40 low ΔK eyes involved in the study. Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography was used to measure the corneal epithelial thickness of four groups. The morphological features of topographic map and the thickness of corneal epithelial thinnest point were analyzed. The distribution curve of corneal epithelial thickness at 45°, 90°, and 135° axial directions that are through the pupil center was also analyzed. One-way ANOVA was performed to compare the data. RESULTS: The topographic map of forme fruste keratoconus corneal epithelial thickness was uniformity shape; crater shape existed only in clinical keratoconus group; and central island shape mainly existed in high ΔK group. The thinnest point of corneal epithelial thickness of forme fruste keratoconus group was significantly lower than that of low ΔK group (P=0.022). The thickness of corneal epithelium in the forme fruste keratoconus at 90° was thinner than that in the low astigmatism group at -1, and -2 mm points (P-1 mm=0.015, P-2 mm=0.036). CONCLUSION: The analysis of the thinnest point in forme fruste keratoconus corneal epithelium appears earlier than corneal epithelial remodeling. The topographic map of corneal epithelium in high ΔK eyes appears in central island shape, and can be used for the differential diagnosis of early keratoconus.http://ies.ijo.cn/en_publish/2021/1/20210113.pdfforme fruste keratoconuscorneal epithelial thicknessoptical coherence tomographycorneal astigmatism |
| spellingShingle | Xiao-Long Yang Yun Wang Bao-Gen Luo Yue Xu Xiao-Feng Zhang Corneal epithelial thickness analysis of forme fruste keratoconus with optical coherence tomography International Journal of Ophthalmology forme fruste keratoconus corneal epithelial thickness optical coherence tomography corneal astigmatism |
| title | Corneal epithelial thickness analysis of forme fruste keratoconus with optical coherence tomography |
| title_full | Corneal epithelial thickness analysis of forme fruste keratoconus with optical coherence tomography |
| title_fullStr | Corneal epithelial thickness analysis of forme fruste keratoconus with optical coherence tomography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corneal epithelial thickness analysis of forme fruste keratoconus with optical coherence tomography |
| title_short | Corneal epithelial thickness analysis of forme fruste keratoconus with optical coherence tomography |
| title_sort | corneal epithelial thickness analysis of forme fruste keratoconus with optical coherence tomography |
| topic | forme fruste keratoconus corneal epithelial thickness optical coherence tomography corneal astigmatism |
| url | http://ies.ijo.cn/en_publish/2021/1/20210113.pdf |
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