Keratoconus: an analysis of corneal asymmetry

The British Journal of Ophthalmology
D M BurnsA J Jackson

Abstract

Keratoconus, a non-inflammatory corneal ectasia, is reported to have bilateral involvement in over 90% of patients. The purpose of this study was to quantify the extent of asymmetry of disease at presentation to a regional corneal clinic. Eighty three patients diagnosed at presentation, using a combination of videokeratography, slit lamp examination, and refractive findings were retrospectively selected. On this basis, 73 patients were designated as having evidence of keratoconus in both eyes. In order to quantify the degree of asymmetry between fellow eyes in these bilateral patients, intraclass correlation was calculated for best spectacle corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) and for 13 different topographical indices generated using videokeratography. In order to examine the link between each index and visual function, the intrapatient differences in each index were compared to the intrapatient differences in BSCVA using Pearson's correlation. BSCVA showed a high degree of asymmetry between fellow eyes with a correlation coefficient of r = 0.006. With the exception of area analysed, all of the topographical indices also showed disparity between paired eyes (r = 0.01 to r = 0.25). Pearson's analysis found that the intrapatient dif...Continue Reading

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