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I am 20 female 3 months back I got a corneal topography done for keratoconus screening and it was normal. I am having myopia in both the eyes of -3 cylindrical power. Yesterday my doctor asked me to have a pentacam scan to rule out keratoconus. Is it essential?
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Yes it is very much essential.
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It is not essential as topography revealed no keratoconus. The pentacam is a comprehensive eye scanner which provides data critical to the planning of the treatment. The pentacam images the anterior segment of the eye by a rotating scheimpflug camera measurement. The center of the cornea is measured very precisely because of this rotational imaging process.
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