Table 4 Percentage of different abnormal POV patterns in the four quadrants in diseased eyes detected through SD-OCT.

From: Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography for evaluating palisades of Vogt in ocular surface disorders with limbal involvement

Group

Lesion or presumed-healthy site

Quadrant

No

Decreased epithelial thickness, No (%)

Loss of sharp stromal tips, No (%)

Loss of smooth epithelial–stromal interface, No (%)

Dilated stromal vessels, No (%)

Decrease density of POV, No(%)

AWE

Lesion site

S

18

6 (33%)

2 (11%)

14 (78%)

10 (56%)

13 (72%)

I

4

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

2 (50%)

3 (75%)

2 (50%)

N

4

1 (25%)

0 (0%)

4 (100%)

3 (75%)

3 (75%)

T

4

2 (50%)

0 (0%)

4 (100%)

2 (50%)

3 (75%)

Presumed-healthy site

S

0

–

–

–

–

–

I

14

4 (29%)

0 (0%)

7 (50%)

8 (57%)

3 (21%)

N

14

8 (57%)

0 (0%)

5 (36%)

7 (50%)

3 (21%)

T

14

5 (36%)

0 (0%)

6 (43%)

6 (43%)

4 (29%)

Ocular rosacea/phlyctenular keratitis

Lesion site

S

11

1 (9%)

0 (0%)

8 (73%)

10 (91%)

6 (55%)

I

6

5 (83%)

0 (0%)

2 (33%)

4 (67%)

2 (33%)

N

3

1 (33%)

0 (0%)

3 (100%)

2 (67%)

2 (67%)

T

3

2 (67%)

0 (0%)

3 (100%)

3 (100%)

3 (100%)

Presumed-healthy site

S

4

2 (50%)

0 (0%)

1 (25%)

2 (50%)

0 (0%)

I

9

5 (56%)

2 (22%)

2 (22%)

7 (78%)

2 (22%)

N

12

3 (25%)

0 (0%)

6 (50%)

10 (83%)

5 (42%)

T

12

6 (50%)

1 (8%)

9 (75%)

9 (75%)

5 (42%)

  1. No case number, S  superior limbus, I  inferior limbus, N  nasal limbus, T  temporal limbus.