Chronic migraine and optical higher-order aberrations: Is there a relationship between them?

Abstract

Introduction Migraine is a neurological disorder with a wide spectrum of manifestations, including ocular manifestations. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between chronic migraine and optical higher-order aberrations. Patients and methods Two hundred eyes of 100 patients with chronic migraine and 200 eyes of 100 controls were studied. Optical higher-order aberrations were measured in all eyes and the results were compared and statistically analyzed between those with migraine and controls. Results A statistically significant difference was found between eyes with chronic migraine and controls as regards total third-order aberrations, coma aberration, spherical aberration, total fifth-order aberrations, and total higher-order aberrations, being higher in eyes with chronic migraine than in controls. Conclusion Optical higher-order aberrations are higher in patients with chronic migraine.

Keywords

• aberrations
• higher-order aberrations
• migraine
• ocular wave front
• wave front