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CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS AND INTRAOCULAR TENSION IN PATIENTS WITH ACROMEGALY
Author(s) -
BRAMSEN THORKILD,
KLAUBER ANNE,
BJERRE PER
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1980.tb08324.x
Subject(s) - acromegaly , medicine , ophthalmology , intraocular pressure , significant difference , pituitary adenoma , growth hormone , adenoma , hormone
In 27 patients with pituitary adenomas the central corneal thickness and the intraocular tension were measured. Thirteen of the patients were suffering from acromegaly, and in this group the central corneal thickness was 0.561 mm ± 0.035 (x̄ ± sd ). In the 14 patients with pituitary adenomas but no acromegaly the central corneal thickness was 0.526 mm ± 0.030 (x̄ ± sd ). This difference is statistically significant 0.01 > P > 0.001. In the 13 patients with acromegaly the intraocular tension measured by applanation was 16.9 mmHg ± 2.3 (x̄ ± sd ) and in the control group 14.7 mmHg ± 2.4 (x̄ ± sd ). This difference is statistically significant (0.05 > P > 0.02). When the applanation reading is corrected for the difference in the central corneal thickness, the patients suffering from acromegaly have an intraocular tension of 14.1 mmHg, which is of the same magnitude as the tension in the patients without acromegaly.