Corneal thickness in uveal coloboma with microcornea.

Abstract

PurposeTo evaluate the relationship between central corneal thickness (CCT) and horizontal corneal diameter (HCD) in eyes with uveal coloboma and microcornea.Patients and methodsAll adult patients with uveal coloboma having microcornea in at least one eye and seen between May 2014 and July 2016 at the cataract clinic of our tertiary eye care center were evaluated. The study group comprised 26 colobomatous eyes of 15 patients who had associated microcornea. The control group comprised eyes with uveal coloboma and normal-sized cornea (n=12 eyes of 9 patients). The main outcome measure included the relationship between CCT and HCD in eyes with uveal coloboma and microcornea.ResultsThe mean HCD of the study and control groups was 6.97±1.28 and 11.39±0.67 mm, respectively. The mean central pachymetry of the study group was 668.4±40.2 μm compared with 555.3±41.8 μm in the control group. In both the groups, CCT was negatively correlated with HCD (R=-0.62 in the study group and R=-0.72 in the control group).ConclusionsUveal colobomatous eyes with microcornea have thicker corneas compared with uveal colobomatous eyes with normal diameter corneas that have normal central corneal thickness. In all the eyes with uveal coloboma, there is a negative correlation between horizontal corneal diameter and central corneal thickness.