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Abstract #24441 Published in IGR 11-3
Morphological characteristics of neuroretinal rim loss in the course of primary open angle glaucoma and its clinical significance
Dai J; Wang H-GInternational Journal of Ophthalmology 2009; 9: 1099-1100
AIM: To study the morphological characteristics of neuroretinal rim loss in the course of glaucoma. METHODS: The morphological characteristics of neuroretinal rim was studied, including the stereo color optic disc photographs of 92 glaucomatous eyes and 124 visually normal eyes. RESULTS: Compared with the visually normal eyes, glaucomatous neuroretinal rim loss occurred with preferable region depeneing on the stage of the disease, in the eye with modest glaucomatous damage, rim loss was most obvious in the inferotemporal disc region, in the eye with moderately progressed glaucomatous changes, rim was decreased much markedly in the superotemporal sector, in very advanced glaucoma, rim remnants usually were present only in the nasal disc region, at that stage, they were significantly larger in the superior nasal region than in the nasal inferior area. CONCLUSION: Patterns of glaucomatous neuroretinal rim loss were correlated with the progression of visual field defects and the morphology of the lamina cribrosa. LA: Chinese
Dr. J. Dai, Department of Ophthalmology, Anshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Anshan 114004, Liaoning Province, China
Classification:
6.8.2 Posterior segment (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.8 Photography)
2.14 Optic disc (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)