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Abstract #5617 Published in IGR 2-1
The optic nerve disc in myopic children with elevated intraocular pressure
Kubena T; Kubena KČeska a Slovenska Oftalmologie 1999; 55: 312-315
The optic nerve disc of short-sighted children with elevated intraocular pressure was investigated to achieve early assessment of glaucoma and to detect signs which differentiate changes in the disc caused by short-sightedness from changes caused by glaucoma. The authors examined 16 eyes of eight short-sighted children with elevated intraocular pressure. In addition to the basic ophthalmological examination, they carried out a digital analysis of the optic nerve disc including planimetric evaluation of the dimensions of the disc, excavation and the neuroretinal rim. In two patients, despite the higher intraocular pressure, the area of the rim was supraliminal. In three ,patients the narrower area of the neuroretinal rim increased the probability of glaucoma. In two patients with anisometropia in the eye with greater myopia, the intraocular pressure was higher and the neuroretinal rim narrower compared to the other eye. In one patient, the area of the rim was very narrow and the diagnosis of glaucoma was also confirmed by arcuate scotoma in the lower part of the visual field, corresponding to the narrow rim on top. LA: <#>
Dr. T. Kubena, Ocni ordinace, U zimniho stadionu, Zlin
Classification:
2.14 Optic disc (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
8.1 Myopia (Part of: 8 Refractive errors in relation to glaucoma)
