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Korean Journal of Ophthalmology ; : 102-108, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | WPRIM | ID: wpr-170378

RESUMO

PURPOSE: To investigate the risk factors for initial central scotoma (ICS) compared with initial peripheral scotoma (IPS) in normal-tension glaucoma (NTG). METHODS: Fifty-six NTG patients (56 eyes) with an ICS and 103 NTG patients (103 eyes) with an IPS were included. Retrospectively, the differences were assessed between the two groups for baseline characteristics, ocular factors, systemic factors, and lifestyle factors. Also, the mean deviation of visual field was compared between the two groups. RESULTS: Patients from both ICS and IPS groups were of similar age, gender, family history of glaucoma, and follow-up periods. Frequency of disc hemorrhage was significantly higher among patients with ICS than in patients with IPS. Moreover, systemic risk factors such as hypotension, migraine, Raynaud's phenomenon, and snoring were more prevalent in the ICS group than in the IPS group. There were no statistical differences in lifestyle risk factors such as smoking or body mass index. Pattern standard deviation was significantly greater in the ICS group than in the IPS group, but the mean deviation was similar between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: NTG Patients with ICS and IPS have different profiles of risk factors and clinical characteristics. This suggests that the pattern of initial visual field loss may be useful to identify patients at higher risk of central field loss.


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Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Incidência , Pressão Intraocular , Glaucoma de Baixa Tensão/complicações , Disco Óptico/patologia , República da Coreia/epidemiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Medição de Risco/métodos , Fatores de Risco , Escotoma/diagnóstico , Campos Visuais/fisiologia
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Indian J Ophthalmol ; 2011 Jan; 59 (Suppl1): 97-101
Artigo em Inglês | IMSEAR | ID: sea-136259

RESUMO

Glaucoma is now considered an abnormal physiology in the optic nerve head that interacts with the level of intraocular pressure (IOP), with the degree and rate of damage depending on the IOP and presumably the degree of abnormal physiology. Diagnosis of normal-tension glaucoma (NTG), defined as glaucoma without a clearly abnormal IOP, depends on recognizing symptoms and signs associated with optic nerve vulnerability, in addition to absence of other explanations for disc abnormality and visual field loss. Among the findings are a halo or crescent of absence of retinal pigment epithelium around the disc, bilateral pre-chiasmal visual field defects, splinter hemorrhages at the disc margin, vascular dysregulation (low blood pressure, cold hands and feet, migraine headache with aura, and the like), or a family history of glaucoma. Possibly relevant, is a history of hemodynamic crisis, arterial obstructive disease, or sleep apnea. Neurological evaluation with imaging is needed only for atypical cases or ones that progress unexpectedly. Management follows the same principle of other chronic glaucomas, to lower the IOP by a substantial amount, enough to prevent disabling visual loss. However, many NTG cases are non-progressive. Therefore, it may often be wisein mild cases to determine whether the case is progressive and the rate of progression before deciding on how aggressivene to be with therapy. Efforts at neuroprotection and improvement in blood flow have not yet been shown effective.


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Diagnóstico Diferencial , Técnicas de Diagnóstico Oftalmológico , Progressão da Doença , Humanos , Pressão Intraocular , Glaucoma de Baixa Tensão/complicações , Glaucoma de Baixa Tensão/diagnóstico , Glaucoma de Baixa Tensão/etiologia , Glaucoma de Baixa Tensão/terapia , Prontuários Médicos , Exame Neurológico , Oftalmoscopia , Disco Óptico/patologia , Disco Óptico/fisiopatologia , Transtornos da Visão/etiologia , Campos Visuais
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