May 2007
Volume 48, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2007
Very-High-Frequency Ultrasound Imaging of the Corneal Damage in a Rabbit Model of Total Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • A. Sultanim
    University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
    Ophthalmology,
  • A. Denoyer
    University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
    Ophthalmology,
  • F. Ossant
    Ultrasound imaging, CNRS, Tours, France
  • C. Blechet
    University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
    Pathology,
  • F. Patat
    University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
    Ultrasound imaging,
    Ultrasound imaging, CNRS, Tours, France
  • P.-J. Pisella
    University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
    Ophthalmology,
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships A. Sultanim, None; A. Denoyer, None; F. Ossant, None; C. Blechet, None; F. Patat, None; P. Pisella, None.
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2007, Vol.48, 471. doi:
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      A. Sultanim, A. Denoyer, F. Ossant, C. Blechet, F. Patat, P.-J. Pisella; Very-High-Frequency Ultrasound Imaging of the Corneal Damage in a Rabbit Model of Total Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007;48(13):471.

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Abstract

Purpose:: To assess in vivo the limbal and corneal changes induced by total limbal stem cell (SC) deficiency using very-high-frequency ultrasound (VHFU) imaging.

Methods:: Deep peripheral keratectomy was performed in the left eye of twelve rabbits to create a surgical model of total limbal SC deficiency. Right eye was used as control. Clinical and VHFU examinations were performed every week during two months, and then compared to histological analysis at the end of the experiments.

Results:: Clinical and ultrasound severity of the corneal pathology was not identical in every rabbits. Qualitative VHFU imaging revealed several corneal changes from slight epithelial damage to deep ultrastructural limbal changes and corneal new vessels. Furthermore, we reported VHFU imaging of Descemet membrane and corneal endothelial damage in a few animals. Quantitative ultrasound measurements of the epithelial thickness were performed to follow in vivo the ultrastructural consequences of total limbal SC deficiency on the ocular surface. VHFU findings were confirmed by optical and transmitting electron microscopy.

Conclusions:: VHFU imaging allows an ultrastructural in vivo assessment of the corneal damage in an animal model of total limbal SC deficiency secondary to deep lamellar keratectomy. It could be a useful device first to quantify the corneal pathology in such an animal model, and then to in vivo assess the effects of cellular therapy like SC transplantation.

Keywords: cornea: epithelium • imaging methods (CT, FA, ICG, MRI, OCT, RTA, SLO, ultrasound) 
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