Corneal Endothelial Changes in Patients With Primary Congenital Glaucoma. 2022

Nevbahar Tamçelik, and Bilge Batu Oto, and Burak Mergen, and Oğuzhan Kiliçarslan, and Busenur Gönen, and Ceyhun Arici
Department of Ophthalmology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa.

CONCLUSIONS Specular microscopic parameters were found to be decreased in patients with primary congenital glaucoma (PCG). Patients with PCG and Haab striae had lower endothelial cell density (ECD) and central corneal thickness (CCT) than those without Haab striae did. The type of surgery (viscogoniotomy, viscotrabeculotomy, or combined viscotrabeculotomy and trabeculectomy) did not affect specular microscopic parameters. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare specular microscopic parameters such as corneal ECD, coefficient of variation (CV), hexagonal cell percentage (HEX), and CCT between patients with PCG and healthy controls; to determine the predictive ability of Haab striae for endothelial cell changes PCG by comparing patients with and without Haab striae; and to investigate if the type of surgery used to treat glaucoma (viscogoniotomy, viscotrabeculotomy, or combined viscotrabeculotomy and trabeculectomy) affects specular microscopic parameters. METHODS A cross-sectional specular microscopic analysis of patients with PCG and healthy controls was performed. One hundred eyes of 62 patients with PCG with and without Haab striae and 101 eyes of 101 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. Specular microscopic parameters, including ECD, HEX, CV, and CCT, of all subjects were evaluated. RESULTS Patients with PCG showed significantly lower ECD and CCT than healthy controls did. Those with Haab striae had lower ECD and CCT but no differences in age, HEX, and CV compared with those without Haab striae. ECD, CV, HEX, or CCT did not significantly differ among patients treated with the 3 different types of surgery. CONCLUSIONS Prolonged exposure to elevated intraocular pressure during prenatal and/or early postnatal life results in structural changes in immature infant corneas. Specular microscopic parameters differed significantly between healthy controls and patients with PCG. The type of surgery had no effect on these parameters. Among patients with PCG, those with Haab striae had isolated corneal endothelial cell loss without morphologic changes within the endothelium.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007429 Intraocular Pressure The pressure of the fluids in the eye. Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D002452 Cell Count The number of CELLS of a specific kind, usually measured per unit volume or area of sample. Cell Density,Cell Number,Cell Counts,Cell Densities,Cell Numbers,Count, Cell,Counts, Cell,Densities, Cell,Density, Cell,Number, Cell,Numbers, Cell
D003430 Cross-Sectional Studies Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time. Disease Frequency Surveys,Prevalence Studies,Analysis, Cross-Sectional,Cross Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Survey,Surveys, Disease Frequency,Analyses, Cross Sectional,Analyses, Cross-Sectional,Analysis, Cross Sectional,Cross Sectional Analyses,Cross Sectional Studies,Cross Sectional Survey,Cross-Sectional Analyses,Cross-Sectional Analysis,Cross-Sectional Study,Cross-Sectional Surveys,Disease Frequency Survey,Prevalence Study,Studies, Cross-Sectional,Studies, Prevalence,Study, Cross-Sectional,Study, Prevalence,Survey, Cross-Sectional,Survey, Disease Frequency,Surveys, Cross-Sectional
D004728 Endothelium, Corneal Single layer of large flattened cells covering the surface of the cornea. Anterior Chamber Epithelium,Corneal Endothelium,Endothelium, Anterior Chamber,Epithelium, Anterior Chamber,Anterior Chamber Endothelium
D005901 Glaucoma An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) Glaucomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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