Retrospective Evaluation of Corneal Foreign Bodies with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography
Articles > Article · 2021
Authors: Elif AKBAŞ ULMAN, Özlem BARUT SELVER, Melis PALAMAR ONAY
Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), 2021, vol 51, pp 265-268
DOI: 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2020.42223
Summary
<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond; font-weight: 700;">Objectives: </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond;">To assess the anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) findings of various types of corneal foreign bodies. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond; font-weight: 700;">Materials and Methods: </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond;">The medical records of patients with corneal foreign body were retrospectively analyzed. Patients who underwent anterior segment photography and Spectralis AS-OCT (Heidelberg Engineering GmbH, Germany) imaging were included. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond; font-weight: 700;">Results: </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond;">The AS-OCT findings of 22 eyes of 20 patients with corneal foreign body were reviewed. The mean age was 34.9±14.98 years (range, 15-71) with a female/male ratio of 4/16. The mean best corrected visual acuity at presentation was 0±0 LogMAR (range, 0-0). There were 18 metallic, 3 organic (chestnut burr), and 1 chemical clay foreign bodies. The metal materials demonstrated hyperreflectivity with a mirror effect. Chemical clay, which is an opaque material, had a hyperreflective appearance. Chestnut burr is an organic foreign body with a feather-like pattern and was not detected with AS-OCT.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond; font-weight: 700;">Conclusion: </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond;">AS-OCT is a valuable non-invasive tool to define the characteristics of foreign bodies, as well as decide the proper treatment method and monitor patients with corneal foreign bodies.<br></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>