scholarly journals Effects of myopia and glaucoma in the prelaminar neural canal and anterior lamina cribrosa using 1060-nm swept-source OCT

Author(s):  
Sieun Lee ◽  
Morgan Heisler ◽  
Dhanashree Ratra ◽  
Vineet Ratra ◽  
Paul J Mackenzie ◽  
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Purpose: Investigate the effects of myopia and glaucoma in the prelaminar neural canal and anterior lamina cribrosa using 1060-nm swept-source optical coherence tomography Design: Retrospective, cross-sectional study Methods: - Setting: Clinical practice - Patient or study population: 19 controls (38 eyes); 38 glaucomatous subjects (63 eyes). Inclusion criteria for glaucomatous subjects: i) optic disc neural rim loss; ii) peripapillary nerve fibre layer (NFL) loss on spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT); iii) glaucomatous visual field defect with an abnormal pattern standard deviation (P<.05); iv) stable SD-OCT, visual field, and optic disc clinical examination for 6 or more months. Inclusion criteria for control subjects: no evidence of retinal or optic nerve pathology. Exclusion criteria: i) retinal diseases or optic neuropathy other than primary open-angle glaucoma; ii) intraocular pressure ≤ 10 mmHg or ≥ 20 mmHg; iii) ocular media opacities; iv) any surgery-related complication deemed inappropriate for the study. - Intervention or observation procedures: Swept-source optical coherence tomography - Main Outcome Measure(s): Bruchs membrane opening (BMO) and anterior laminar insertion (ALI) dimension, prelaminar neural canal dimension, anterior lamina cribrosa surface (ALCS) depth Results: Glaucomatous eyes had more bowed and nasally rotated BMO and ALI, more horizontally skewed prelaminar neural canal, and deeper ALCS than the control eyes. Increased axial length was associated with a wider, longer, and more horizontally skewed neural canal, and decrease in the ALCS depth and curvature. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that glaucomatous posterior bowing or cupping of lamina cribrosa can be significantly confounded by the myopic expansion of the neural canal. This may be related to higher glaucoma risk associated with myopia from decreased compliance and increased susceptibility to IOP-related damage of LC being pulled taut.

Folia Medica ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Snezhina S. Kostianeva ◽  
Marieta I. Konareva-Kostianeva ◽  
Marin A. Atanassov

Abstract Aim: To assess relationships between functional changes in visual field and structural changes in advanced open-angle glaucoma (OAG) found using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Methods: Thirty-one eyes of 25 patients with OAG were included in this study. Besides the routine ophthalmological exam the patients underwent standard automated perimetry (SAP) (Humphrey Field Analyzer) and SD-OCT (RTVue–100) performed within 6 months. The global perimetric indices in the study group were as follows: mean deviation (MD) 12.33±6.18 dB and pattern standard deviation (PSD) 9.17±3.41 dB. The relationship between OCT measurements and MD and PSD was evaluated by correlation analysis (Pearson’s correlation coefficient) and regression analysis (linear and nonlinear regression models). Results: Thickness measurements of the lower halves of ganglion cell complex (GCC) and retinal nerve fiber layer by two scanning protocols (ONH and 3.45) showed these to be thinner than the upper halves, but the difference failed to reach statistical significance. The correlations between global indices MD/PSD and most of the analysed quantitative OCT measurements were moderate (r in the range between 0.3 and 0.6). The correlation between MD and GCC showed nonlinear cubic regression (R2=0.417, P=0.004). Good correlation was found between MD and GLV (R2=0.383; P=0.008). Linear regression (P<0.05) was found only between MD and Cup area (R2=0.175, P=0.024) and between MD and RNFL by 3.45 protocol (R2=0.131, P=0.045). Conclusion: Nonlinear regressive models appear to be more appropriate in the assessment of the correlations between functional and structural changes in eyes with advanced glaucoma. The correlations we found were moderate.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. e000258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swetha Komma ◽  
Jay Chhablani ◽  
Mohammed Hasnat Ali ◽  
Chandra S Garudadri ◽  
Sirisha Senthil

ObjectiveTo elucidate the difference between choroidal thickness (CT) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and normal subjects and to compare the CT measured using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT).Methods and analysisThis cross-sectional observational study included 25 eyes of 17 POAG subjects (cases) and 31 eyes of 20 normal subjects (controls). All the patients underwent complete ophthalmologic examination, enhanced depth imaging, SD-OCT and SS-OCT. In both controls and cases, the CT was measured in seven predetermined points in macular and peripapillary area and were compared.ResultsChoroid was significantly thicker on SS-OCT compared with SD-OCT in peripapillary and macular area in both cases and controls, except for inferior peripapillary in controls. The CT was not different from glaucoma and controls in peripapillary or macular area on SD-OCT (p>0.05), however, the CT was significantly thicker in glaucoma compared with controls in peripapillary area on SS-OCT (p<0.05) except inferior peripapillary (p=0.13). There was good intraobserver (±20 µm) and interobserver (±55 µm and ±45 µm) agreement on both SD-OCT and SS-OCT respectively.On SD-OCT, choroid was thinnest at the temporal peripapillary and thickest at subfoveal location in controls. In POAG, choroid was thinnest at inferior peripapillary region and thickest (500 µm) nasal to the fovea. On SS-OCT, choroid was thinnest at inferior peripapillary and thickest at the temporal peripapillary area in both cases and controls.ConclusionCT measurements on SS-OCT were higher than the SD-OCT measurements possibly due to better delineation of the sclerochoroidal junction on SS-OCT. CT was significantly thicker in glaucoma subjects compared with controls in peripapillary area on SS-OCT but not in macular area.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Guo ◽  
Yingjie Wu ◽  
Yuhong Wu ◽  
Hui Liu ◽  
Shuai Ming ◽  
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Abstract Background To detect the superficial and buried optic disc drusen (ODD) with swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT).Methods Retrospective cross-sectional study.Twenty patients (age 18-74 years) diagnosed with ODD via B-scan ultrasonography were analysed. All patients underwent color fundus photography (CFP), B-scan ultrasonography, fundus autofluorescence (FAF), and SS-OCT.We defined each hyporeflective signal mass of SS-OCT as an ODD, recorded its location and relationship with Bruch’s membrane opening (BMO), and other ophthalmic imaging characteristics.Results 20 (33 eyes) patients had 54 ODDs in all, except one eye did not show abnormal optic disc findings on SS-OCT. We classified ODD into three categories: ODD above BMO, ODD across BMO, and ODD below BMO. The ODDs across BMO were the largest, followed by ODDs below BMO, and those above BMO. The location of the ODDs: One (1.9%) was in the border tissue of Elschnig, 6 (11.1%) might span across the lamina cribrosa, 16 (29.6%) were above BMO located in the neuroepithelial layer, 9 (16.7%) spanned across BMO located near the center of the optic disc, 18 (33.3%) were below BMO located near the center of the optic disc, 4 (7.4%) were below BMO located within the optic disc rim. When the anterior margin was ≥ 100 μm from the BMO, clear autofluorescence could be seen. Conclusion Multimodal imaging provided a deeper understanding of ODD. SS-OCT illustrated more details about the relationship between the posterior surface of ODD, BMO and the lamina cribrosa.


2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Satue ◽  
Alicia Gavin ◽  
Elvira Orduna ◽  
Elisa Vilades ◽  
Maria Jesus Rodrigo ◽  
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