title: Ocular surface temperature in central retinal vein occlusion: preliminary data.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare ocular surface temperature (OST) measures in patients with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) and controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-six patients with unilateral CRVO and 54 healthy volunteers were included in the study. OST was evaluated by infrared thermography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In CRVO eyes and in fellow, nonaffected eyes, OST values were lower than in controls (p<0.05). Ischemic CRVO eyes showed lower temperatures than nonischemic ones.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Infrared thermography may be helpful in the management of patients with CRVO.
authors.affiliation: Eye Clinic, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sodi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Giambene
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Falaschi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Innocenti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corvi
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Menchini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D005123:Eye / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013817:Thermography