Retinal microvascular and structural changes in intracranial hypertension patients correlate with intracranial pressure.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aimed to evaluate the retinal microvascular and structural changes in intracranial hypertension (IH) patients compared with an age- and sex-matched control group. We also investigated the association between clinical parameters and retinal changes in IH patients.

Methods

Intracranial hypertension patients were divided into eyes with papilledema (IH-P) and eyes without papilledema (IH-WP). IH patients underwent lumbar puncture to measure intracranial pressure (ICP); visual acuity was performed using the Snellen chart. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was used to image and measure the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) while OCT angiography was used to image and measure the superficial vascular complex (SVC) and deep vasc

SUBMITTER: Kwapong WR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10651994 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature