Peripapillary retinal splitting visualized on OCT in glaucoma and glaucoma suspect patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify the risk factors for development of peripapillary retinal splitting (schisis) in patients with glaucoma or suspicion of glaucoma.

Setting

Glaucoma Clinic, Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Methods

In this institutional cross-sectional study, 495 patients (990 eyes) who had undergone spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT Spectralis HRA-OCT, Heidelberg Engineering) optic nerve head (ONH) imaging and did not have identifiable optic nerve pits, pseudopits or coloboma were included. OCT scans were reviewed by two observers.

Main outcome measures

Presence of peripapillary retinal splitting identified on OCT raster scans.

Results

Eleven of 990 glaucoma and glaucoma susp

SUBMITTER: Grewal DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5568282 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature