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  • Title: Corneal topographic and tomographic analysis of fellow eyes in unilateral keratoconus patients using Pentacam.
    Author: Bae GH, Kim JR, Kim CH, Lim DH, Chung ES, Chung TY.
    Journal: Am J Ophthalmol; 2014 Jan; 157(1):103-109.e1. PubMed ID: 24452012.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To evaluate topographic and tomographic changes in fellow eyes in unilateral keratoconus (KCN) patients by comparing them with normal eyes. DESIGN: Retrospective comparative case series. METHODS: Fourteen eyes of 14 patients with unilateral KCN and 34 eyes of 34 refractive surgery candidates were divided into 3 diagnostic groups using a Pentacam rotating Scheimpflug camera: advanced KCN eyes of unilateral KCN (KCN group, 14 eyes), normal fellow eyes of unilateral KCN (fellow eye group, 14 eyes), and refractive surgery candidates (normal group, 34 eyes). Topographic and tomographic parameters, which were obtained from Pentacam using sagittal curvature, elevation, and corneal thickness maps, were compared among the 3 groups. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to identify cutoff points in discriminating between fellow and normal eyes. RESULTS: Keratometric asymmetry, topometric indices, and elevation differences (maximum - minimum) on both the anterior and posterior surfaces were statistically different (P < .05). On ROC curve analysis, keratometric asymmetry and topometric index were best at discriminating fellow eyes from normal, followed by elevation differences (maximum - minimum) on the posterior and anterior cornea surface. CONCLUSIONS: Fellow eyes in unilateral KCN showed differences in several parameters that were not detectable with the Pentacam detection program, when compared with normal. However, each single parameter alone is not sufficient to detect early changes; thus, elevation indices as well as indices of anterior curvature should be considered together.
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