ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2020
In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Observation of Cell and Nerve Density in Different Corneal Regions with Monocular Pterygium.
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- Ocular surface microbiota alterations in patients with pterygium.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- In vivo confocal microscopy findings about ocular surface recovery in patients following pterygium excision combined with conjunctival autograft.International ophthalmology · 2024Article
- The influence of pterygium on corneal densitometry evaluated using the Oculus Pentacam system.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Assessing the corneal sub-basal nerve plexus byAnnals of medicine · 2022Article
- Phenotypic and Transcriptomics Analyses Reveal Underlying Mechanisms in a Mouse Model of Corneal Bee Sting.Toxins · 2022Article
- Interobserver and Intraobserver Agreements of the Detection ofBeyoglu eye journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the effects of pterygium on corneal cell and nerve density in patients with unilateral pterygium using in vivo laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM).
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, 24 patients with unilateral pterygium who were treated in the Department of Ophthalmology of the Second People's Hospital of Wuxi City from April 2018 to July 2018 were analyzed. Each eye with pterygium and its fellow eye were imaged by LSCM. The density of basal corneal epithelial cells, anterior stromal cells, posterior stromal cells, dendritic cells, and endothelial cells in pterygium and adjacent clear cornea was measured. In the fellow eyes, the central cornea, nasal cornea, nasal mid-peripheral cornea, and temporal cornea were imaged. The difference in the density of cells and subepithelial nerve fibers in different corneal regions of eyes with pterygium was analyzed. The cell and nerve density of the fellow cornea were also measured to exclude the influencing factors.
resultsThe density of corneal basal epithelial cells in the central corneas of eyes with pterygium was 6497 ± 1776 cells/mm
conclusionBasal epithelial cells, stromal cells, endothelial cells, dendritic cells, and subepithelial nerve fibers in the central cornea of eyes with pterygium were different from those of pterygium and adjacent clear cornea. LSCM is effective for observing the morphology and quantity of corneal cells in pterygium.
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