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Abstract #25466 Published in IGR 12-1
Central corneal thickness in subjects with glaucoma and in normal individuals (with or without pseudoexfoliation syndrome)
Kitsos G; Gartzios C; Asproudis I; Bagli EClinical Ophthalmology 2009; 3: 537-542
Objective: The evaluation of central corneal thickness (CCT) in subjects with pesudoexfoliation glaucoma (PEXG), primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), and in normotensive individuals with or without pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS). Study design/patients and methods: CCT was evaluated with ultrasound pachymetry in a total of 179 individuals: 32 had bilateral PEXG, 55 had bilateral POAG, 35 had PXS, and 57 were healthy individuals without PXS. Results: CCT in PEXG eyes (526.00 (plus or minus) 34.30 (mu)m) was significantly thinner compared to POAG eyes (549.36 (plus or minus) 39.3 (mu)m) (P = 0.027) and normal control eyes with (550.64 (plus or minus) 39.0 (mu)m) or without PXS (547.36 (plus or minus) 33.1 (mu)m), (P = 0.039 and 0.048 respectively). No statistically significant difference was found comparing CCT values of POAG eyes to control group eyes. Conclusion: The evaluation of CCT is necessary in all patients with glaucoma and especially in those with PEXG due to the thinner cornea and the risk of underestimation of intraocular pressure.
C. Gartzios. Ophthalmology Department, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. gartziosc@yahoo.gr
Classification:
2.2 Cornea (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
9.4.4.1 Exfoliation syndrome (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.4 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the lens)
