ArticleEye (London, England)2023
Corneal nerve changes in herpes zoster ophthalmicus: a prospective longitudinal in vivo confocal microscopy study.
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- Large-area 3D reconstruction of corneal tissues from oscillating focus confocal microscopy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Varicella-Zoster Virus and the Eye: Clinical Spectrum, Management, and Vaccination.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) analysis of corneal sub-basal nerve plexus (SNP) and corneal sensitivity after micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (MP-TSCPC) in glaucoma patients.International ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Aging and Corneal Nerve Health: Mechanisms of Degeneration and Emerging Therapies for the Cornea.Cells · 2025Review
- Bilateral In Vivo Confocal Microscopic Changes of the Corneal Subbasal Nerve Plexus in Patients with Acute Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2025Article
- Emerging Treatments for Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defects.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- In-vivo confocal microscopy predicts cytomegalovirus as the cause of chronic or recurrent anterior uveitis among Chinese.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2024Article
- Artificial-Intelligence-Enhanced Analysis of In Vivo Confocal Microscopy in Corneal Diseases: A Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Corneal reinnervation in patients with severe neurotrophic keratopathy secondary to herpes zoster ophthalmicus after treatment with autologous serum tear drops.Cornea open · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeTo study the changes in corneal nerves and corneal sensitivity over a 6-month period in patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) compared with healthy subjects.
methodsThis was a prospective longitudinal study on patients with newly diagnosed HZO. In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) corneal nerve parameters and corneal sensitivity were measured and compared between eyes with HZO, contralateral eyes and controls at baseline, 2 and 6 months.
resultsFifteen subjects with HZO and 15 healthy age and sex matched controls were recruited. HZO eyes revealed a reduction in corneal nerve branch density (CNBD) from baseline to 2 months (9.65 ± 5.75 vs. 5.90 ± 6.87/mm
conclusionCorneal denervation was present at 2 months in HZO eyes, with an observed recovery by 6 months. HZO fellow eyes demonstrated increased corneal nerve parameters at 2 months, which could represent a proliferative response to nerve degeneration. IVCM is useful in monitoring corneal nerve changes, and is more sensitive in detecting nerve alterations than esthesiometry.
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