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. 2024;37(123):7-9.
Epub 2024 Oct 2.

Keratoconus: diagnosis and management

Rashmi Deshmukh  1 , Daniel Gore  2   3
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Keratoconus: diagnosis and management

Rashmi Deshmukh et al. Community Eye Health. 2024.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Image of Placido rings in keratoconus. The mires are closer to each other inferiorly, indicating an area where the cornea is steeper.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A quad map of a patient with keratoconus, produced using the Orbscan imaging system. Note the typical inferior steepening with abnormal elevation in the anterior and posterior elevation maps, as well as thinning in the same area.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Combined Placido disk and OCT images of early keratoconus. A. Axial anterior curvature showing early ectasia. B. Epithelial thickness showing thinning over the corresponding area. C. Cross-sectional OCT image highlighting changes in epithelial thickness over the tip of the cone (white arrow) and at the base of the cone (asterisks).
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