scholarly journals Ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and retinal nerve fibre layer changes within the macula in retinitis pigmentosa: a spectral domain optical coherence tomography study

2017 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. e180-e188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Ki Yoon ◽  
Hyeong Gon Yu
Keyword(s):  
Optical Coherence Tomography ◽  
Retinitis Pigmentosa ◽  
Ganglion Cell ◽  
Nerve Fibre ◽  
Plexiform Layer ◽  
Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer ◽  
Spectral Domain ◽  
Inner Plexiform Layer ◽  
Optical Coherence ◽  
Nerve Fibre Layer

Macular imaging by optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma

2017 ◽  
Vol 102 (6) ◽  
pp. 718-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ko Eun Kim ◽  
Ki Ho Park
Keyword(s):  
Optical Coherence Tomography ◽  
Ganglion Cell ◽  
Plexiform Layer ◽  
Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer ◽  
Inner Plexiform Layer ◽  
Optical Coherence ◽  
Diagnosis And Management ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Rnfl Thickness ◽  
Nerve Fibre Layer

The macular area is important to the detection of glaucomatous retinal ganglion cell (RGC) damage. Macular thickness complementary to peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness can well reflect glaucomatous damage, given that the macula contains more than 50% of the RGCs in a multilayered pattern and larger RGC bodies compared with their axons. Thus, macular ganglion cell thickness parameters recently have been considered to be an effective glaucoma-diagnostic tool comparable to RNFL thickness parameters. Furthermore, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography ganglion cell–inner plexiform layer thickness and deviation maps can provide additional information essential for distinguishing glaucomatous changes from other, myopia-associated or macular disease-associated changes. Therefore, our aim with this study was to review the clinical application of macular imaging by optical coherence tomography and to provide essential clinical tips for its use in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma.

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