Uso da microscopia digital para comparação de espessura entre córneas normais e rejeitadas ex-vivo: ênfase na Membrana de Descemet

• Ano de defesa: 2019
• Autor(a) principal: Tognon, Taise [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Pathology; Corneal; Rejection; Patologia; Histologia; Córnea; Rejeição De Enxerto; Microscopia
• Link de acesso: https://sucupira.capes.gov.br/sucupira/public/consultas/coleta/trabalhoConclusao/viewTrabalhoConclusao.jsf?popup=true&id_trabalho=8072810; https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/59739

Objective: To analyze and compare thickness measurements of corneal layers, especially the Descemet membrane (DM), in normal corneas and in failed grafts due to rejection (FGRs) using a digital microscopy method. Methods: An experimental, cross-sectional, and analytical study was performed at the Henry C. Witelson Ocular Pathology Laboratory (McGill University Health Center and Research Institute, Montreal/Canada). Slides of 25 normal human corneas and 40 FGRs were examined using a Philips Ultra Fast Scanner® and the associated software. The inclusion criteria adopted were samples diagnosed as normal corneas or FGRs, all specimens were from patients older than 18 years of age. Slides with corneal structures that could not be adequately visualized and/or whose donor epidemiological information could not be obtained were excluded from the study. On each slide, the thickness of the corneal layers was measured, with 2 central measurements, 2 measurements at the nasal periphery, and 2 measurements at the temporal periphery using perpendicular planes as reference. Results: There were differences between the normal and FGR groups in the means of the central thickness of the epithelium (p<0.001), the nasal and temporal stroma regions (p<0.001), and the DM in the nasal and temporal regions (p<0.001). Comparing the mean thicknesses of the different regions (central, nasal and temporal) of the DM in the same group, the central region of the DM in the normal corneas had a lower mean thickness than the two peripheral regions (p<0.001), a difference that did not occur in the FGR group. Conclusions: Normal corneas had a lower epithelium thickness in the central region than did corneas in the FGR group. In addition, the stroma and DM thickness of the nasal and temporal periphery was significantly higher in normal corneas than in those from the FGR group.