Abstract
PURPOSE: To report Nerve Fiber Analyzer (NFA/GDx; Laser Diagnostic Technologies, San Diego, California) measurements in a patient during the early phase of an anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
METHODS: Case report. A 58-year old man with acute anterior ischemic optic neuropathy had repeated NFA/GDx scans of the nerve fiber layer adjacent to the optic nerve head of the involved eye, as well as repeated HFA 30.2 (Humphrey Field Analyzer; Humphrey Systems, San Leandro, California) visual field examinations.
RESULTS: At presentation (day 0), he had a normal superior nerve fiber bundle on the NFA/GDx, with a deep inferior hemifield scotoma. By day 21 and day 36, the superior nerve fiber bundle thinned on the NFA/GDx, whereas the scotoma remained practically unchanged.
CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that after the onset of an anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, acute loss of axonal function results in scotoma, presumably from ischemia. This is followed by a gradual disappearance of nerve fiber tissue, as measured with the NFA/GDx, within several weeks.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 847-50 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | American Journal of Ophthalmology |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2000 |
Keywords
- Axons/pathology
- Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nerve Fibers/pathology
- Ophthalmoscopes
- Optic Nerve/pathology
- Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic/complications
- Scotoma/diagnosis
- Visual Field Tests