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Problems of confocal microscopy of the cornea Takashi Ishikawa 1 , Minoru Tanaka 1 1Dept of Ophthalmol, Juntendo Univ Urayasu Hosp pp.1279-1285
Published Date 1999/6/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1410906435
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Purpose : Confocal microscope allows observation of corneal cells and nerves. Additional use of Z-scan system allows measurement of the thickness of the whole cornea and corneal epithelium. We evaluated the usefulness and problems of this method in clinical practice.

Cases and Methods : We used a Confoscan (Tomei) as applied to 48 eyes. The series comprised 14 eyes after habitual wearing of hard contact lens for 20 years or longer, 8 eyes of 4 patients who were under systemic treatment with massive corticosteroid, 10 diabetic eyes and 16 normal eyes. All the eyes were evaluated for the morphology and thickness of the cornea and corneal epithelium.

Results : The corneal thickness in normal eyes averaged 492.9±13.1μm and the thickness of corneal epithelium averaged 46.9±2.78μm. Both the thickness of the cornea and corneal epithelium in eyes using contact lens were significantly less than in normal eyes and eyes under corticosteroid treatment.

Conclusion : The current set-up needs improved image quality, more stable fixation and decreased error margin in measurement of corneal thickness.


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