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Corneal nerve changes in herpes zoster ophthalmicus: a prospective longitudinal in vivo confocal microscopy study

PURPOSE: To study the changes in corneal nerves and corneal sensitivity over a 6-month period in patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) compared with healthy subjects. METHODS: This was a prospective longitudinal study on patients with newly diagnosed HZO. In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM)...

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Autores principales: Mok, Eugenie, Kam, Ka Wai, Young, Alvin L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10008015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36906697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02469-0
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description PURPOSE: To study the changes in corneal nerves and corneal sensitivity over a 6-month period in patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) compared with healthy subjects. METHODS: This was a prospective longitudinal study on patients with newly diagnosed HZO. In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) corneal nerve parameters and corneal sensitivity were measured and compared between eyes with HZO, contralateral eyes and controls at baseline, 2 and 6 months. RESULTS: Fifteen subjects with HZO and 15 healthy age and sex matched controls were recruited. HZO eyes revealed a reduction in corneal nerve branch density (CNBD) from baseline to 2 months (9.65 ± 5.75 vs. 5.90 ± 6.87/mm(2), p = 0.018), and decreased corneal nerve fibre density (CNFD) at 2 months when compared with control (p = 0.025). However, these differences resolved by 6 months. HZO fellow eyes demonstrated increased corneal nerve fibre area (CNFA), corneal nerve fibre width (CNFW) and corneal nerve fractal dimension (CNFrD) at 2 months compared with baseline (p = 0.025, 0.031, 0.009). There was no change in corneal sensitivity for both HZO affected and HZO fellow eyes from baseline or over time, nor was it different from sensitivity in controls. CONCLUSION: Corneal denervation was present at 2 months in HZO eyes, with an observed recovery by 6 months. HZO fellow eyes demonstrated increased corneal nerve parameters at 2 months, which could represent a proliferative response to nerve degeneration. IVCM is useful in monitoring corneal nerve changes, and is more sensitive in detecting nerve alterations than esthesiometry.
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spelling pubmed-100080152023-03-13 Corneal nerve changes in herpes zoster ophthalmicus: a prospective longitudinal in vivo confocal microscopy study Mok, Eugenie Kam, Ka Wai Young, Alvin L. Eye (Lond) Article PURPOSE: To study the changes in corneal nerves and corneal sensitivity over a 6-month period in patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) compared with healthy subjects. METHODS: This was a prospective longitudinal study on patients with newly diagnosed HZO. In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) corneal nerve parameters and corneal sensitivity were measured and compared between eyes with HZO, contralateral eyes and controls at baseline, 2 and 6 months. RESULTS: Fifteen subjects with HZO and 15 healthy age and sex matched controls were recruited. HZO eyes revealed a reduction in corneal nerve branch density (CNBD) from baseline to 2 months (9.65 ± 5.75 vs. 5.90 ± 6.87/mm(2), p = 0.018), and decreased corneal nerve fibre density (CNFD) at 2 months when compared with control (p = 0.025). However, these differences resolved by 6 months. HZO fellow eyes demonstrated increased corneal nerve fibre area (CNFA), corneal nerve fibre width (CNFW) and corneal nerve fractal dimension (CNFrD) at 2 months compared with baseline (p = 0.025, 0.031, 0.009). There was no change in corneal sensitivity for both HZO affected and HZO fellow eyes from baseline or over time, nor was it different from sensitivity in controls. CONCLUSION: Corneal denervation was present at 2 months in HZO eyes, with an observed recovery by 6 months. HZO fellow eyes demonstrated increased corneal nerve parameters at 2 months, which could represent a proliferative response to nerve degeneration. IVCM is useful in monitoring corneal nerve changes, and is more sensitive in detecting nerve alterations than esthesiometry. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-03-11 2023-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10008015/ /pubmed/36906697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02469-0 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Royal College of Ophthalmologists 2023. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.
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Corneal nerve changes in herpes zoster ophthalmicus: a prospective longitudinal in vivo confocal microscopy study
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title_full Corneal nerve changes in herpes zoster ophthalmicus: a prospective longitudinal in vivo confocal microscopy study
title_fullStr Corneal nerve changes in herpes zoster ophthalmicus: a prospective longitudinal in vivo confocal microscopy study
title_full_unstemmed Corneal nerve changes in herpes zoster ophthalmicus: a prospective longitudinal in vivo confocal microscopy study
title_short Corneal nerve changes in herpes zoster ophthalmicus: a prospective longitudinal in vivo confocal microscopy study
title_sort corneal nerve changes in herpes zoster ophthalmicus: a prospective longitudinal in vivo confocal microscopy study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10008015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36906697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02469-0
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