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Choroidal thickness changes in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome

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To evaluate the choroidal thickness using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS) and to compare them with healthy controls. This observational comparative study consisted of 35 PXS patients and 35 age- and sex-matched control cases. The control cases had neither systemic nor ocular disease. All 70 patients underwent a complete ophthalmic examination as well as choroidal thickness measurement using a high speed and high resolution SD-OCT device (Topcon 3D OCT-2000, Japan). There was no significant difference with respect to mean refractive error and intraocular pressure measurement between patients with PXS and controls (p = 0.237 and 0.433, respectively). The mean choroidal thickness was found as 206.6 ± 37.6 µm in the PXS group and 215.9 ± 47.3 µm in controls, respectively. The mean choroidal thickness was not significant between the PXS patients and the control cases (p = 0.362). Although PXS patients had lower mean choroidal thickness than controls, our results did not reach any statistical significance.

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  1. Department of Ophtalmology, Izmir University Faculty of Medicine, Gursel Aksel Bulvarı, No. 14, Uckuyular, 35350, Izmir, Turkey

    Mehmet Ozgur Zengin, Esat Cinar & Cem Kucukerdonmez

  2. Alfagoz Eye Center, Izmir, Turkey

    Eyyup Karahan & Ibrahim Tuncer

  3. Retina Eye Hospital, Bursa, Turkey

    Sami Yilmaz

  4. Department of Ophtalmology, Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Aydin, Turkey

    Tolga Kocaturk

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Zengin, M.O., Cinar, E., Karahan, E. et al. Choroidal thickness changes in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome. Int Ophthalmol 35, 513–517 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-014-9977-x

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Keywords

  • Choroidal thickness
  • Pseudoexfoliation syndrome
  • Optical coherence tomography