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Optical Coherence Angiographic Demonstration of Retinal Changes From Chronic Optic Neuropathies

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Glaucoma causes a decrease in peripapillary perfused capillary density on optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography. However, other chronic optic neuropathies have not been explored with OCT angiography to see if these changes were specific to glaucoma. The authors evaluated OCT angiography in 10 patients who suffered various kinds of chronic optic neuropathies, including optic neuritis and ischaemic optic neuropathy, and found that all optic neuropathies showed a decrease in peripapillary vessel density on OCT angiography, regardless of the aetiology of the optic neuropathy. The peripapillary vessel loss on OCT angiography correlated well with the areas of retinal nerve fibre layer thinning seen on OCT.

Source: Neuro-Ophthalmology

DOI: 10.1080/01658107.2016.1275703

Authors: John J. Chen, Jackson E. AbouChehade, Raymond Iezzi, Jacqueline A. Leavitt, Randy H. Kardon

Institutions: Mayo Clinic, University of Iowa

Language: English

Topic: Glaucoma and retinal disorders

Subfield: Ophthalmology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Research to Prevent Blindness