TY - JOUR
T1 - Ciliary body thickness increases with increasing axial myopia
AU - Oliveira, Cristiano
AU - Tello, Celso
AU - Liebmann, Jeffrey M.
AU - Ritch, Robert
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by the Sheila Evers Research Fund of the New York Glaucoma Research Institute, New York, New York.
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between ciliary body thickness and refractive error. DESIGN: Prospective observational case series. METHODS: We enrolled 75 eyes of 75 patients with no history of intraocular surgery or use of anti-glaucoma medication. Axial length was measured by A-scan ultrasonography. Ciliary body thickness (CBT) was measured by two masked observers on radial-section images of the temporal corneoscleral limbus, acquired with ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) at 2 and 3 mm posterior to the scleral spur (CBT2 and CBT3, respectively). RESULTS: Refractive error was inversely correlated with CBT2 and CBT3 (r = -.64 and r = -.52, P < .0001, respectively). Axial length was correlated with CBT (r = .66 and r = .57, P < .0001, for CBT2 and CBT3, respectively). CONCLUSION: CBT increases with increasing myopia and axial length.
AB - PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between ciliary body thickness and refractive error. DESIGN: Prospective observational case series. METHODS: We enrolled 75 eyes of 75 patients with no history of intraocular surgery or use of anti-glaucoma medication. Axial length was measured by A-scan ultrasonography. Ciliary body thickness (CBT) was measured by two masked observers on radial-section images of the temporal corneoscleral limbus, acquired with ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) at 2 and 3 mm posterior to the scleral spur (CBT2 and CBT3, respectively). RESULTS: Refractive error was inversely correlated with CBT2 and CBT3 (r = -.64 and r = -.52, P < .0001, respectively). Axial length was correlated with CBT (r = .66 and r = .57, P < .0001, for CBT2 and CBT3, respectively). CONCLUSION: CBT increases with increasing myopia and axial length.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.01.047
DO - 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.01.047
M3 - Article
C2 - 16086961
AN - SCOPUS:23744509370
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 140
SP - 324
EP - 325
JO - American Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - American Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 2
ER -