Early Corneal Innervation and Trigeminal Alterations in Parkinson Disease: A Pilot Study
Purpose:To describe corneal innervation and trigeminal alterations in drug-naive patients with Parkinson disease (PD).Methods:A case series study was conducted by recruiting 3 early drug-naive patients with PD, 2 men and 1 woman (age: 72, 68, and 66, respectively). Ophthalmologic assessment included
Dear Sir, ::: ::: We read with interest the report by Geyshis et al.1 The authors have elegantly highlighted the occasionally competing therapeutic priorities of physicians of different specialties. Nonetheless, we consider it important to add that a therapeutic dilemma as the one described by the authors can sometimes be circumvented. ::: ::: Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is most often associated with increased cortisol levels, so that the most important therapeutic step taken by ophthalmologists is the discontinuation of topical or systemic steroids the patient might be using. The pathophysiology of …