Reconciling visual field defects and retinal nerve fibre layer asymmetric patterns in retrograde degeneration: an extended case series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate diagnosis in patients presenting with lesions at various locations within the visual pathway is challenging. This study investigated functional and structural changes secondary to such lesions to identify patterns useful to guide early and effective management.

Methods

Over 10,000 records from patients referred for optic nerve head assessment were reviewed and 31 patients with a final diagnosis of likely neuropathic lesions posterior to the eye were included in the current study. Fundus photographs, optic coherence tomography images and visual field tests were evaluated for changes with respect to retinal nerve fibre layer topography and prediction of structure-function paradigms. Emerging clinical patterns were examined for their consistency with the lik

SUBMITTER: Zangerl B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5434818 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature