Renato Ambrósio, Marcella Q Salomão, Lorena Barros, João Batista R da Fonseca Filho, Jaime Guedes, Alexandre Neto, Aydano P Machado, Bernardo T Lopes, Nelson Sena, Louise Pellegrino Gomes Esporcatte
Different diagnostic approaches for ectatic corneal diseases (ECD) include screening, diagnosis confirmation, classification of the ECD type, severity staging, prognostic evaluation, and clinical follow-up. The comprehensive assessment must start with a directed clinical history. However, multimodal imaging tools, including Placido-disk topography, Scheimpflug three-dimensional (3D) tomography, corneal biomechanical evaluations, and layered (or segmental) tomography with epithelial thickness by optical coherence tomography (OCT), or digital very high-frequency ultrasound (dVHF-US) serve as fundamental complementary exams for measuring different characteristics of the cornea...
November 3, 2023: Eye and Vision (London, England)