Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate corneal morphological and biomechanical changes in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) and their correlations with activity and severity.
Methods: Patients diagnosed with TAO were recruited and divided into groups by activity and severity. All subjects underwent a complete ophthalmic examination, including magnetic resonance imaging. Corneal topography was measured using a Pentacam device, and biomechanical parameters were obtained using a CorVis ST tonometer. Correlations among the corneal parameters, clinical activity score, and NOSPECS score were analyzed. Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves were calculated to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of corneal changes for active and severe TAO.
Results: Fifty-three eyes with TAO and 16 healthy eyes were enrolled in our study. The back elevation, CorVis biomechanical index, tomographic and biomechanical index, stiffness parameter at the first applanation, deviation from normality in back elevation, relational thickness, and overall deviation from normality were significantly increased in patients with TAO (all P <0.05), whereas the smallest corneal thickness, maximum Ambrósio relational thickness, and deformation amplitude (DA) ratio were significantly decreased (all P <0.05). The clinical activity score was strongly positively correlated with back elevation (γ = 0.515, P <0.001). The NOSPECS score was strongly positively correlated with relational thickness and tomographic and biomechanical index (γ = 0.429 and 0.515, P <0.001) and negatively correlated with maximum Ambrósio relational thickness (γ = -0.53, P <0.001). Moreover, maximum Ambrósio relational thickness and the Ambrósio relational thickness through the horizontal meridian showed desirable diagnostic capacity in distinguishing mild TAO from moderate-severe TAO (areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.799 and 0.769).
Conclusions: Corneal morphological and biomechanical changes were found in patients with TAO, which might be related to the presence of inflammation. Measurements of corneal morphological and biomechanical parameters could serve as references in evaluating TAO.
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