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Evaluation of anterior segment parameters of the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

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First Author: M.Kalayci TURKEY

Co Author(s):    M. Kalayci   E. Cetinkaya   L. Yaprak   A. Balkarli           

Abstract Details

Purpose:

To investigate anterior segment parameters in Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in comparison to healthy individuals.

Setting:

Health Sciences University - Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Ophthalmology Department, Turkey

Methods:

Thirty-one SLE subjects and 34 age-sex-matched healthy subjects were enrolled in this prospective cross-sectional study. Ophthalmological examinations including intraocular pressure (IOP), central corneal thickness (CCT), anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior chamber volume (ACV), anterior chamber angle (ACA), and axial length (AL) and corneal volume (CV) measurements were performed on each subject. All participants were evaluated using Placido disc/Scheimpflug camera topographer (Sirius, CSO, Firenze, Italy).

Results:

IOP and ACA was significantly higher in the SLE group (respectively; p = 0.04, p = 0.005). The mean CCT was significantly higher in the SLE group (p = 0.046). The mean ACD and ACV in SLE group were significantly lower than that in control group (respectively; p = 0.03, p < 0.001 ). CV was significantly higher in the SLE group (p = 0.03). AL was not significantly different between the groups.

Conclusions:

The results suggest that SLE patients have thicker corneas compared with control subjects. In addition, high intraocular pressure accompanying the increased corneal thickness and volume necessitates more caution against glaucoma in these patients.

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