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Observational studyScientific reports2021

Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography for evaluating palisades of Vogt in ocular surface disorders with limbal involvement.

Ying-Yi Chen, Yi-Chen Sun, Chia-Ying Tsai, Hsiao-Sang Chu, Jo-Hsuan Wu, Huai-Wen Chang, Wei-Li Chen

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ying-Yi ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yi-Chen SunDepartment of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chia-Ying TsaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsiao-Sang ChuDepartment of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jo-Hsuan WuShiley Eye Institute and Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Huai-Wen ChangDepartment of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Li ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan. chenweili@ntu.edu.tw.
National Taiwan University Hospital · TWNational Taiwan University · TWUniversity of California, San Diego · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) has been used to observe the morphology of the palisades of Vogt (POV) with satisfactory resolutions. In this study, we used SD-OCT to examine the microstructure of the POV in ocular surface disorders with limbal involvement. We detect subclinical limbal pathologies based on five parameters, including (1) decreased epithelial thickness, (2) loss of the sharp stromal tip, (3) loss of the smooth epithelial-stromal interface, (4) dilated stromal vessels, and (5) decreased POV density. Eighteen eyes of 10 patients with advancing wavelike epitheliopathy (AWE) and 15 eyes of 9 patients with phlyctenular keratitis/ocular rosacea were recruited. SD-OCT could detect abnormal changes in the POV in 100% of the lesion sites. In presumed-healthy areas of the diseased eyes diagnosed by slit-lamp biomicroscopy, SD-OCT detected abnormal changes in the POV in 100% of the eyes in both groups. In patients with unilateral disease, abnormal changes in the POV were detected by SD-OCT in 50% and 100% of presumed-healthy eyes diagnosed by slit-lamp biomicroscopy in the AWE group and phlyctenular keratitis/ocular rosacea group, respectively. SD-OCT is powerful in detecting POV changes in ocular surface disorders and can provide useful information that cannot be provided by slit-lamp biomicroscopy.

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AdolescentAdultChildCross-Sectional StudiesEpithelium, CornealFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansKeratitisLimbus CorneaeMaleMiddle AgedRosaceaSlit Lamp MicroscopyTomography, Optical CoherenceYoung Adult

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PMCPMC8203687
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