Yazarlar |
Emine Temel
Türkiye |
Nazife Aşıkgarip
Türkiye |
Yusuf Koçak
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Kemal ÖRNEK
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Doç. Dr. Özkan KOCAMIŞ
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Gökçen Özcan
Türkiye |
Özet |
Background: To evaluate the choroidal structural changes in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients without previous optic neuritis (ON) attacks.& nbsp;Methods: Forty eyes of 20 MS patients without a history of ON and 40 eyes of 20 age-matched healthy volunteers were included in this study. The choroidal thickness (CT) was measured at three points; subfoveal, 1500 mu m nasal to the fovea, and 1500 mu m temporal to the fovea. Choroidal area (CA), luminal area (LA), and choroidal vascularity index (CVI) were calculated using ImageJ.& nbsp;Results: The mean subfoveal, nasal and temporal CT were decreased in MS patients compared to controls (for all, p < 0.001). The mean LA was 0.572 +/- 0.113 mm(2) in MS group, and 0.729 +/- 0.188 mm(2) in controls (p = 0.002). The mean CVI was decreased in the MS group (69.38% +/- 4.87) in comparison to the controls (73.41% +/- 5.18) (p = 0.034).& nbsp;Conclusion: The current study demonstrated significant anatomical alterations of the choroid in the eyes of patients with MS. |
Anahtar Kelimeler |
Binarization, Choroid, Choroidal vascularity index, Luminal area, Multiple sclerosis |
Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
Dergi Adı | Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy |
Dergi ISSN | 1572-1000 |
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
Dergi Grubu | Q3 |
Makale Dili | İngilizce |
Basım Tarihi | 03-2022 |
Makale Linki | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1572100022001120?via%3Dihub |