Ciliary body thickness increases with increasing axial myopia

Cristiano Oliveira; Celso Tello; Jeffrey M Liebmann; Robert Ritch

doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2005.01.047

Ciliary body thickness increases with increasing axial myopia

Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Aug;140(2):324-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.01.047.

Authors

Cristiano Oliveira¹, Celso Tello, Jeffrey M Liebmann, Robert Ritch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York 10003, USA.

PMID: 16086961
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.01.047

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the relationship between ciliary body thickness and refractive error.

Design: Prospective observational case series.

Methods: We enrolled 75 eyes of 75 patients with no history of intraocular surgery or use of anti-glaucoma medication. Axial length was measured by A-scan ultrasonography. Ciliary body thickness (CBT) was measured by two masked observers on radial-section images of the temporal corneoscleral limbus, acquired with ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) at 2 and 3 mm posterior to the scleral spur (CBT2 and CBT3, respectively).

Results: Refractive error was inversely correlated with CBT2 and CBT3 (r = -.64 and r = -.52, P < .0001, respectively). Axial length was correlated with CBT (r = .66 and r = .57, P < .0001, for CBT2 and CBT3, respectively).

Conclusion: CBT increases with increasing myopia and axial length.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Body Weights and Measures
Ciliary Body / diagnostic imaging
Ciliary Body / pathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Microscopy, Acoustic
Middle Aged
Myopia / physiopathology*
Prospective Studies