Detecting Keratoconus in Adolescents with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography

Author:

Yücekul BurcuORCID,Förster AnikaORCID,Dick H. BurkhardORCID,Taneri SuphiORCID

Abstract

Purpose. Assessing the applicability of an algorithm developed for keratoconus detection in adolescents. This algorithm relies on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and incorporates features related to corneal pachymetric and epithelial thickness alterations. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed charts of patients under the age of 18 and divided them into four groups according to the Belin‐Ambrosio display (Pentacam): normal, manifest, and subclinical keratoconus, as well as very asymmetric eye with normal topography and tomography (VAE‐NTT). Corneal and epithelial thickness maps (Cirrus 5000 HD‐OCT, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Germany) were evaluated by a human grader. In the first step, if at least one of four parameters (pachymetry minimum (pachy min), pachy minimum‐median (min‐med), pachy superonasal‐inferotemporal (SN‐IT), or epithelial (epi SN‐IT)) exceeded its cut‐off value, the eye was considered as suspect. In the second step, the combined presence of coincident thinning of total cornea and epithelium as well as concentric epithelial thinning lead to the diagnosis of keratoconus. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were generated to determine area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity for the parameters. Results. The study involved 19 pediatric patients diagnosed with keratoconus, comprising 29 manifest keratoconic eyes, 3 eyes with subclinical keratoconus, and 5 VAE‐NTT eyes. In addition, 22 eyes from 11 normal adolescents were included in the analysis. The AUC values of parameters in step 1 were 0.889 for pachy min, 0.997 for pachy min‐med, 0.893 for pachy SN‐IT, and 0.998 for epi SN‐IT. When both steps were performed, this algorithm captured all manifest and subclinical pediatric keratoconic eyes. When all eyes of the keratoconus patients were combined, step 1 had 97.3% sensitivity and step 2 had 100% specificity. Conclusion. Using this OCT‐based approach in adolescents yielded a high level of agreement with the current gold standard, tomography. Using them together, potentially also with other examinations may improve the diagnostic accuracy of KC in the pediatric population. Integration of this approach into the software of the device to facilitate automated evaluations is desired.

Publisher

Wiley

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