Cen­tral cor­ne­al thick­ness me­asu­re­ment
in nor­mal ten­sion glau­co­ma

Ro­bert Wa­si­le­wicz; Hanna Pecold-Stępniewska; Krystyna Pecold

Abstract

1-2/2004 vol. 106

Original paper

Central corneal thickness measurement in normal tension glaucoma

Robert Wasilewicz ¹

,

Hanna Pecold-Stępniewska ¹

,

Krystyna Pecold ¹

Z Kliniki i Katedry Okulistyki Akademii Medycznej w Poznaniu

KLINIKA OCZNA 2004, Supl. 1-2: S236–S237

Online publish date: 2022/12/30

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AMA

Wasilewicz R, Pecold-Stępniewska H, Pecold K. Central corneal thickness measurement in normal tension glaucoma. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement. 2004.

APA

Wasilewicz, R., Pecold-Stępniewska, H., & Pecold, K. (2004). Central corneal thickness measurement in normal tension glaucoma. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement.

Chicago

Wasilewicz, Robert, Hanna Pecold-Stępniewska, and Krystyna Pecold. 2004. "Central corneal thickness measurement in normal tension glaucoma". Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement.

Harvard

Wasilewicz, R., Pecold-Stępniewska, H., and Pecold, K. (2004). Central corneal thickness measurement in normal tension glaucoma. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement.

MLA

Wasilewicz, Robert et al. "Central corneal thickness measurement in normal tension glaucoma." Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement, 2004.

Vancouver

Wasilewicz R, Pecold-Stępniewska H, Pecold K. Central corneal thickness measurement in normal tension glaucoma. Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement. 2004.

Purpose

To evaluate corneal thickness in eyes with normal tension glaucoma.

Material and methods

CCT (measured by specular microscope Topcon SP2000P) was evaluated in 70 eyes of 39 patients with diagnosed NTG, 35 women and 4 men in age 31 – 78 years (mean 68 years).

Results

Mean central corneal thickness measured by the specular microscope (between 11 and 1), was 523,7 µm in range 465-575 µm. Impact of CCT on results of Goldman aplanation tonometry was detected in 55,7% of NTG eyes – overestimated in 20% and underestimated in 35% of them. Corrected maximal IOP > 21mmHg, was found in 14% of NTG eyes.

Conclusions

Central corneal thickness measurement should be part of routine ophthalmological examination in glaucomatous patients (specially in NTG), being helpful in choice of optimal therapeutic strategy.

Keywords

normal tension glaucoma, central corneal thickness