Factors associated with intrachoroidal cavitation and sinkhole formation in eyes with glaucomatous visual-field defects.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate factors associated with intrachoroidal cavitation (ICC) and sinkhole formation in eyes with glaucomatous visual-field defects.

Methods

This retrospective, cross-sectional study enrolled a total of 2808 eyes of 1482 patients who were diagnosed/treated for glaucoma and underwent swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT). We first determined the prevalence of ICCs and sinkholes and their locations. Next, we selected one eye from each patient and compared the clinical characteristics of eyes with and without ICCs. Finally, in eyes with ICCs, we compared the clinical characteristics of eyes with and without sinkholes. Blood flow (BF), represented by laser speckle flowgraphy-measured tissue-area mean blur rate (MBR), was measured in the temporal optic

SUBMITTER: Yamaguchi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10844383 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature