title: Anterior segment optical coherence tomography in acute anterior uveitis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the corneal thickness and anterior chamber (AC) angle using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) in patients with acute anterior uveitis (AAU).
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty two patients (24 eyes) were included. All patients underwent complete ophthalmological examination, applanation tonometry and AS-OCT at diagnosis and fifteen days after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average corneal thickness before treatment was 564.2 ± 44.2 µm, 580.0 ± 44.3 µm and 580.1 ± 2.9 µm, respectively in central, pericentral and paracentral cornea. Fifteen days after treatment a significant decrease of corneal thickness was observed, with 529.5 ± 33.1 µm (p=0.0091) and 542.6 ± 33.6 µm (p=0.0068), respectively in central and pericentral cornea; paracentral corneal thickness (557.8 ± 35.3 µm) thinning did not reach statistical significance (p=0.1253). There was no significant change in temporal AC angle between visits, 44.3 ± 14.4 degrees before treatment and 44.7 ± 14.7 degrees fifteen days after (p=0.9343), and mean intraocular pressure, 10.8 ± 4.5 mmHg before treatment and 12.3 ± 3.0 mmHg fifteen days after (p=0.1874).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the studied group, AS-OCT detected a decrease of corneal thickness after AAU treatment. Temporal AC angle and intraocular pressure did not change during the studied period.
authors: Cristiana
authors: C
authors: Agra
authors: Lydianne
authors: L
authors: Agra
authors: Jeanine
authors: J
authors: Dantas
authors: Tiago Eugênio Faria e
authors: TE
authors: Arantes
authors: João Lins de
authors: JL
authors: Andrade Neto
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D019781:Corneal Topography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult