|
KMID : 0213520180320060459
|
|
Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
2018 Volume.32 No. 6 p.459 ~ p.469
|
|
|
Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thicknesses Did Not Change in Long-term Hydroxychloroquine Users
|
|
Lee Eun-Jung
Kim Sang-Jin
Han Jong-Chul
Eo Doo-Ri
Lee Min-Gyu
Ham Don-Il
Kang Se-Woong
Kee Chang-Won
Lee Jae-Joon
Cha Hoon-Suk
Koh Eun-Mi
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Purpose: To evaluate changes in the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thicknesses using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) users.
Methods: The medical records of HCQ users were retrospectively reviewed. In these HCQ users, an automated perimetry, fundus autofluorescence photography, and SD-OCT with peripapillary RNFL thickness measurements were performed. The peripapillary RNFL thicknesses were compared between the HCQ users and the control groups. The relationships between the RNFL thicknesses and the duration or cumulative dosage of HCQ use were analyzed.
Results: This study included 77 HCQ users and 20 normal controls. The mean duration of HCQ usage was 63.6 ± 38.4 months, and the cumulative dose of HCQ was 528.1 ± 3.44 g. Six patients developed HCQ retinopathy. Global and six sectoral RNFL thicknesses of the HCQ users did not significantly decrease compared to those of the normal controls. No significant correlation was found between the RNFL thickness and the duration of use or cumulative dose. The eyes of those with HCQ retinopathy had temporal peripapillary RNFL thicknesses significantly greater than that of normal controls.
Conclusions: The peripapillary RNFL thicknesses did not change in the HCQ users and did not correlate with the duration of HCQ use or cumulative doses of HCQ. RNFL thickness is not a useful biomarker for the early detection of HCQ retinal toxicity.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Hydroxychloroquine, Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer, Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
   
|