Objective. To evaluate a new method of measuring hemoglobin (Hb) levels and quantifying the color changes in the optic nerve head of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. We also compared differences in retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thicknesses obtained using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) device between PD group and healthy group. Methods. One hundred and fifty-five PD pati...

AGE AND GENDER DIF’FRRRNCIZS IN OPTIC DISC ARR.4, CUF’ AREAANDVERTlCALCW-TO-DI:SCRATIO?THEROlTERDAM STUDY. RAMRAlTAN RSJZ, GA DE WRUYNE’s, M. VAN RJZESv, HOFMAN A.‘, and DE JONG P.T.Q.M.’ Departments of ‘Ophthalmology and aBpidemiology & Biostatistics. Erasmus University Medical School, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. m To investigate cross-sectionally the association of age ...

Received 7 March 2012 Accepted 16 May 2012 Papilloedema describes swelling of the optic papilla (also known as the ‘optic nerve head’ or ‘optic disc’) due to raised intracranial pressure. The term was introduced by J. Herbert Parsons in 1908 in an attempt to clarify the distinction between the terms then in use, such as ‘choked disc’ and ‘papillitis’. We would like to point out that ‘papilloede...

SIGNIFICANCE This study resulted in the identification of an optic nerve head (ONH) feature associated with tilted optic discs, which might potentially contribute to ONH pathologies. Knowledge of such findings will enhance clinical insights and drive future opportunities to understand disease processes related to tilted optic discs. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to identify novel retinal ...

Glaucoma is a leading cause of permanent blindness. Retinal fundus image examination is useful for early detection of glaucoma. In order to evaluate the presence of glaucoma, the ophthalmologists determine the cup and disc areas and they diagnose glaucoma using a vertical cup-to-disc ratio. However, determination of the cup area is very difficult, thus we propose a method to measure the cup-to-...

Aim: To present a case of hamartoma of the optic disc and Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) and follow up of the visual function over three-years period. Methods: A seventeen-year-old boy has observed reduced visual acuity in his left eye. The visual acuity was 0.2 and there was RAPD in the left eye. Fundoscopy revealed an elevation of the optic disc obscuring disc vessels with epiretinal gliosi...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of disease severity and optic disc size on the diagnostic accuracies of optic nerve head (ONH), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), and macular parameters with RTVue (Optovue, Fremont, CA) spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) in glaucoma. METHODS 110 eyes of 62 normal subjects and 193 eyes of 136 glaucoma patients from the Diagnostic Innovations in...

Glaucoma is one of the ocular eye diseases that can cause gradual vision loss and permanent blindness if it is not treated in the early stage. Current screening test such as intraocular pressure (IOP) assessment is not efficient since eye pressure is not the only symptom of glaucoma. The most suitable assessment of the glaucoma is by analyzing the health of the optic nerve head. In order to qua...

INTRODUCTION Drusen of the optic nerve head are relatively benign and asymptomatic. They represent retinal hyaline corpuscles resulting from impaired axoplasmic transport of the retinal ganglion cells of optic nerve in front of the lamina cribrosa. They are usually detected accidentally, during a routine ophthalmologic examination. Most patients with optic disc drusen are not aware of the deter...

AIM To assess serial, simultaneous stereo optic disc images by four methods for glaucomatous progression. METHODS Using varying techniques, two ophthalmologists assessed serial optic disc images of 52 eyes from 27 patients with a mean duration between images of 18 months. The neuroretinal rim width was qualitatively assessed by four assessment methods and compared with quantitative rim measur...