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Abstract #27245 Published in IGR 12-4
Ischemic optic neuropathy and optic nerve imaging
Saito HNeuro-Ophthalmology Japan 2010; 27: 279-285
Ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) is known for its characteristic premorbid optic disc morphology. As compared to glaucoma, a disease that also results in visual field damage, the changes observed in the optic nerve head morphology appear to be more modest in the ION eyes. These findings were originally investigated using ophthalmoscopic examinations or by planimetry from photographs. However, with the development of new optic disc imaging devices, it is now possible to quantitatively measure optic disc morphology with higher accuracy. The current study used optic disc imaging devices to analyze ION eyes and demonstrated that small cupping was a risk factor for ION onset, and that mild cupping and prominent thinning of the retinal nerve fiber layer occurred after the onset of ION. LA: Japanese
H. Saito. University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
Classification:
10 Differential diagnosis e.g. anterior and posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
