Ocular Surface Features in Patients with Parkinson Disease on and off Treatment: A Narrative Review

Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system. Visual disturbance is one of the most frequent nonmotor abnormalities referred to by patients suffering from PD at early stages. Furthermore, ocular surface alterations including mainly dry eye and blink reduction represent another common finding in patients with PD. Tears of PD patients show specific alterations related to protein composition, and in vivo confocal microscopy has demonstrated profound changes in different corneal layers in this setting. These changes can be attributed not only to the disease itself, but also to the medications used for its management. In particular, signs of corneal toxicity, both at epithelial and endothelial level, are well described in the literature in PD patients receiving amantadine. Management of PD patients from the ophthalmologist’s side requires knowledge of the common, but often underdiagnosed, ocular surface alterations as well as of the signs of drug toxicity. Furthermore, ocular surface biomarkers can be useful for the early diagnosis of PD as well as for monitoring the degree of neural degeneration over time..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Life - 12(2022), 12, p 2141

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Matilde Buzzi [VerfasserIn]
Giuseppe Giannaccare [VerfasserIn]
Michela Cennamo [VerfasserIn]
Federico Bernabei [VerfasserIn]
Pierre-Raphael Rothschild [VerfasserIn]
Aldo Vagge [VerfasserIn]
Vincenzo Scorcia [VerfasserIn]
Rita Mencucci [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Amantadine
Cornea
Dry eye
Ocular surface
Parkinson’s disease
Q
Science
Tears

doi:

10.3390/life12122141

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DOAJ083044124