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Damage of the ocular surface from indoor suntanning – insights from in vivo confocal microscopy

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dc.contributor.author Grupcheva, Christina N.
dc.contributor.author Radeva, Mladena N.
dc.contributor.author Grupchev, Dimitar I.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-07T10:23:37Z
dc.date.available 2023-04-07T10:23:37Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation GRUPCHEVA, Christina N., RADEVA, Mladena N., GRUPCHEV, Dimitar I. Damage of the ocular surface from indoor suntanning – insights from in vivo confocal microscopy. In: 19th Black Sea Ophthalmological Society Congress, September 24-26, 2021, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova: abstract book, p. 33. en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://aom.md/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ABSTRACT-BOOK_web.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/24071
dc.description.abstract Purpose: To evaluate the ocular surface at the microstructural level of habitual indoor-suntanning subjects utilising in vivo confocal microscopy. Methods: Participants were prospectively recruited and enrolled into either а study group (n = 75) with a history UV indoor tanning, or a control group (n = 75) with no prior history of artificial tanning. The study group participated in voluntary tanning sessions performed with standard equipment and maintained their usual routine for eye protection. Slit lamp biomicroscopy and in vivo confocal microscopy were performed at baseline before undertaking a series of suntanning sessions (10 sessions of 10 minutes duration over a 15 day period), within three days after the last session, and four weeks after the last session. Control group participants were examined at baseline and 8 weeks later and did not participate in tanning sessions. Results: All participants were female with a mean age of 25±4.3 years and 24 ± 3.7 years in the study and control groups, respectively. No clinically significant changes were observed in either group over time (all p ≥ 0.05), however, statistically significant differences were observed between the study and the control group for all corneal layers (all p ≤ 0.03). Characteristic cystic conjunctival lesions with dark centres and bright borders were observed in 95% of the study group before and in 100% of eyes after the suntanning sessions. Conclusion: Indoor suntanning leads to statistically significant microstructural changes in the cornea and the bulbar conjunctiva that are undetectable with slit lamp biomicroscopy. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Black Sea Ophthalmological Society, Ophthalmological Association from Moldova, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova en_US
dc.relation.ispartof 19th Black Sea Ophthalmological Society Congress, September 24-26, 2021 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova en_US
dc.title Damage of the ocular surface from indoor suntanning – insights from in vivo confocal microscopy en_US
dc.type Other en_US


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