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ArticleTherapeutic advances in ophthalmology

Evaluation of the optic nerve head vessel density in patients with limited scleroderma.

Hilal Kılınç Hekimsoy, Ali Mehmet Şekeroğlu, Ali Mert Koçer, Vedat Hekimsoy, Ali Akdoğan

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Hilal Kılınç HekimsoyOphthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology, Ulucanlar Eye Training and Research Hospital, 06240 Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4588-2441
Ali Mehmet ŞekeroğluDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ulucanlar Eye Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0467-1480
Ali Mert KoçerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Ulucanlar Eye Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Vedat HekimsoyDepartment of Cardiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-894X
Ali AkdoğanDepartment of Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ulucanlar Göz Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRHacettepe University · TR

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Abstract

objectivesTo investigate the optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) parameters of the optic nerve head and peripapillary retina and to assess macular and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in patients with limited scleroderma and to compare these results with those of healthy control subjects. MATERIALS AND

methods42 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of limited scleroderma and 32 age- and sex-matched healthy control subjects were included in the study. OCTA was performed for the radial peripapillary capillary plexus (RPCP) whole image, inside disc, and peripapillary vessel densities in all participants with XR Avanti AngioVue OCTA (Optovue, Fremont, California, USA). OCT images were obtained with Spectralis OCT with eye-tracking dual-beam technology (Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany), and peripapillary RNFL thickness was evaluated with circle program. The data from the right eyes of all participants were used for statistical analysis.

resultsNo significant difference was found between the radial RPCP whole image, inside disc, and peripapillary vessel density values or the RNFL parameters of the scleroderma patients when compared with the controls (

conclusionDecreased peripapillary vessel density on OCTA, which can be an early sign of glaucoma, could not be observed in scleroderma patients in this study. However, further long-term studies are still needed to identify glaucoma tendency in patients with scleroderma before clinically detectable glaucoma.

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glaucomaoptical coherence tomographyoptical coherence tomography angiographyscleroderma

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