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Subjects with ocular diseases, history of previous corneal surgery, corneal scars or hydrops, ocular trauma, ocular surface disorder, systemic disease, and poor-quality scans were excluded. KC was classified using Belin ABCD classification system. Epithelial thickness, corneal tomography, and corneal biomechanical measurements were recorded using Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography Avanti with corneal adaptor module, Pentacam HR, and Corvis\n                      <jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>\n                      ST, respectively. To understand the utility of various corneal parameters in diagnosing spectrum of keratoconus, cutoff values for epithelial thickness at the thinnest location and its standard deviation (SD) were considered 45 and 3 microns, respectively, CBI of 0.5 and TBI of 0.29 was considered.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Sixty-five eyes (45 \u2013 KC, 10 \u2013 subclinical KC (SBKC), and 10 \u2013 forme fruste [FF]) of 34 patients with a mean \u00b1 SD age of 30.73 \u00b1 5.71 were included. In our keratoconic sample, epithelial mapping alone helped diagnose the 77.77% of cases, however, when combined with CBI, it helped diagnose 95.5% cases and when combined with TBI, it was useful in diagnosing 100% of cases. In SBKC group, 40% of cases were detected by epithelial mapping alone, and when combined with CBI, it helped diagnose 70% of cases and TBI further helped diagnose 90% of cases. We did not see any role of epithelial mapping in detecting FFKC cases whereas CBI and TBI helped diagnose 60% and 90% of cases, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The utility of epithelial mapping as a solitary tool is limited in detecting the spectrum of KC, especially SB and FFKC. 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