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Here the investigators proposed this study to collect cases of different etiologies of ocular surface diseases. With at least one of these four non-invasive examination modalities, the investigators aim to analyze and compare the detecting results. The investigators especially focus on the possibility of using OCT to predict the condition of limbal epithelial stem cells, aiming to use this patient-friendly tool to detect the patient's limbal conditions.
In vivo confocal microscopy, anterior segment optical coherence tomography, keratograph and impression cytology are noninvasive, rapid and easily repeatable technique to investigate ocular surface disorders. In vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) enables morphological and quantitative analysis of ocular surface microstructure. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) allows for imaging of the morphology of biological tissue with micrometer scale resolution at imaging depths of 1 to 2mm below the tissue surface. [1,2] Anterior segment OCT (ASOCT) has been developed to evaluate corneal diseases[3-8] in different layers. Keratography includes noninvasive meibography and tear interferometry. The former demonstrates the morphology of meibomian glands whereas the later observes quality and quantity of the lipid layer of the tear film. Impression cytology shows the morphology of the corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells, their staining behavior, and nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio could be observed in detail.
Here the investigators proposed this clinical trial to collect cases of different etiologies of ocular surface diseases. With at least one of these four non-invasive examination modalities, the investigators aim to analyze and compare the detecting results. The investigators especially focus on the possibility of using ASOCT to predict the condition of limbal epithelial stem cells, aiming to use this patient-friendly tool to detect the patient's limbal conditions.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| control | Limbal image by OCT in normal subjects. | ||
| Advancing wave-like epitheliopathy | Limbal image by OCT in subjects with advancing wave-like epitheliopathy. | ||
| Ocular rosacea or phlyctenulosis | Limbal image by OCT in subjects with ocular rosacea or phlyctenulosis |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| limbal structural abnormality | atypical pattern of limbal Palisade of Vogt detected by OCT comparing to normal subjects | assess the OCT limbal image at the baseline |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Patient who is able to understand and cooperate with the examination: aged over 5 years.
Patient or the legal representative is able to read and sign an informed consent form.
Patient with one of the diagnosis listed below:
Exclusion Criteria
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Our study is an institutional observation study recruits otherwise healthy patients aging over 5 years old.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Wei-Li Chen | NTUH | Study Director |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| NTUH | Taipei | Taiwan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000092423 | Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency |
| ID | Term |
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| D003316 | Corneal Diseases |
| D005128 | Eye Diseases |
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Impression cytology(IC) is a technique which permits the retrieval of the outermost layer of ocular surface cells via the use of various types of filters. It is a minimally invasive method of evaluating human conjunctival epithelial cell morphology. IC may also be utilized in the diagnosis of other ocular diseases, such as ocular surface squamous neoplasia, ocular surface infections, keratoconus and thyroid orbitopathy. IC improves our understanding of the pathophysiology of ocular surface disease, and provide biomarkers to be used as outcome measures in clinical trials.