Neuroaxonal Degeneration in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: An Optical Coherence Tomography and in Vivo Corneal Confocal Microscopy Study

Purpose: To investigate the effect of multiple sclerosis (MS) on corneal and retinal nerve fiber by quantifying corneal subbasal nerve fibers and retinal ganglion cells. Methods: A total of 46 eyes of 23 patients with MS and 42 eyes of 21 healthy subjects were included in the study. All patients and healthy subjects underwent a comprehensive ocular examination. In vivo confocal microscopy with Heidelberg Retina Tomograph in association with Rostock Cornea Module (Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) and a swept-source optical coherence tomography (Topcon Corporation) were performed in all patients and healthy subjects. The number of subbasal nerve fibers and the nerve fiber density were calculated. Student t test was used to compare eyes with MS with control eyes. The normal distribution was first confirmed with the Shapiro-Wilk test. Results: A statistically significant (P
Source: Cornea - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Clinical Science Source Type: research