Open Access<p>Assessment of the Effect of Vitiligo on Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness Using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography</p>
Author(s) -
Yousef A. Fouad,
Abdelrahman Gaber Salman,
Thanaa Helmy Mohamed,
Randa Hesham Ali Abdelgawad,
Samah Ibraheem Hassen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s255554
Subject(s) - vitiligo , medicine , ophthalmology , fundus (uterus) , optical coherence tomography , choroid , atrophy , dermatology , pathology , retina , optics , physics
Vitiligo is a common skin condition affecting 0.5-2% of the population. The exact etiology of the condition is unknown, but the result is autoimmune destruction of melanocytes. The eye is rich in melanocytes, especially in the retinal pigment epithelium and choroid. Little is known about the effect of vitiligo on the choroid of the eye.