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Abstract #78316 Published in IGR 20-1

Iris Morphological Features in Patients with 360° Angle-Closure Neovascular Glaucoma: An Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Study

Kobayashi Y; Nakakura S; Terao E; Fujio Y; Matsuya K; Tabuchi H; Takahashi Y; Kiuchi Y
Case Reports in Ophthalmology 2018; 9: 449-456


PURPOSE: To investigate iris morphological features in 360° angle-closure neovascular glaucoma (NVG) by swept-source anterior segment optical coherence tomography (ASOCT). PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this retrospective, clinic-based, comparative study, 14 patients with 360° angle-closure NVG and 14 healthy age-matched control subjects were enrolled. All patients enrolled had no prior glaucoma surgery but underwent cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation. Horizontal scanning images of swept-source ASOCT were analyzed using software calipers in temporal and nasal angle areas. The iris thickness at 1 and 2 mm from the pupil edge, iris length, trabecular meshwork length, peripheral anterior synechia (PAS) length, PAS height ratio (PAS length/trabecular meshwork length), and pupil diameter were measured. RESULTS: Between the groups, there were no statistically significant differences in iris length, trabecular meshwork length, and pupil diameter ( > 0.05). However, the iris thickness was significantly reduced in the NVG group compared with the control group in the temporal and nasal areas (0.306 vs. 0.563 mm/0.326 vs. 0.645 mm at 1 mm, 0.278 vs. 0.523 mm/0.282 vs. 0.546 mm at 2 mm, respectively) (mean, all < 0.001). In the NVG group, PAS height ratios were 1.55 ± 0.45 (mean ± standard deviation) (range, 0.58-2.30) and 1.55 ± 0.78 (range, 0.68-3.68) at the temporal and nasal angles, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with 360° angle-closure NVG, the iris thickness decreased to about 50% of that in healthy subjects, and the PAS length exceeded the trabecular meshwork length by about 1.5 times.

Department of Ophthalmology, Saneikai Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji, Japan.

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Classification:

9.4.5.1 Neovascular glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.5 Glaucomas associated with disorders of the retina, choroid and vitreous)
6.9.2.1 Anterior (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.9 Computerized image analysis > 6.9.2 Optical coherence tomography)



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