Increased Choroidal Thickness in Keratoconus Patients: Perspectives in the Disease Pathophysiology.

João Pinheiro-CostaJoão Viana PintoSara PerestreloJoão Nuno BeatoLuís TorrãoElisete BrandãoÂngela CarneiroMaria Dulce MadeiraFernando Falcão-Reis

Published in: Journal of ophthalmology (2019)

Keratoconus patients seem to have a thicker choroid than healthy individuals. The exact pathophysiological mechanism resulting in a thicker choroid in KC patients is not known, but it could possibly be associated with inflammatory choroidal mechanisms.

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