[A case of loss of retinal myelinated nerve fibers in a chronic glaucoma].

Autor: López Sánchez E; Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, España., Marín Montiel J, Francés Muñoz E, Menezo Rozalén JL
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia [Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol] 2002 Jan; Vol. 77 (1), pp. 39-42.
Abstrakt: Purpose/method: A female patient underwent retinographic control and presented a pattern of myelinated nerve fibers in both eyes. Two years later, patient underwent a second retinographic control showing 10/10 glaucomatous cupping in her right eye. This was associated to loss of myelinated nerve fibers.
Results/conclusions: Etiology, characteristics, associations and other causes of loss of myelinated retinal nerve fibers in chronic glaucoma are reviewed. This is the second of two photograph documented cases where loss of myelinated nerve fibers is associated to an open angle primary glaucoma.
Databáze: MEDLINE