Measurement of subfoveal choroidal thickness in normal-tension glaucoma in Korean patients. 2014

Jin Young Rhew, and Yun Taek Kim, and Kyu Ryong Choi
*Institute of Ophthalmology and Optometry †Department of Ophthalmology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate subfoveal choroidal thickness (CT) in eyes with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) in patients who were visualized by enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography. METHODS In this observational, comparative case series, subfoveal CT was measured with enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography in 35 eyes of normal individuals and 32 eyes of patients with NTG. Subfoveal CT in each eye was analyzed by measuring the vertical distance from Bruch membrane to the innermost sclera layer. RESULTS The mean subfoveal CT in the normal individual group and the NTG patient group were 300.0±52.7 and 289.5±100.4 µm, respectively. There was no difference in subfoveal CT in the 2 groups (P=0.60). The mean subfoveal CT in all subjects was significantly correlated negatively with age only (P=0.03). CONCLUSIONS The subfoveal CT does not differ between the eyes of the normal individual group and the eyes in the NTG patient group, suggesting that CT may not play a role in the pathogenesis of NTG.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007429 Intraocular Pressure The pressure of the fluids in the eye. Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009929 Organ Size The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness. Organ Volume,Organ Weight,Size, Organ,Weight, Organ
D002829 Choroid The thin, highly vascular membrane covering most of the posterior of the eye between the RETINA and SCLERA. Choriocapillaris,Haller Layer,Haller's Layer,Sattler Layer,Sattler's Layer,Choroids
D005260 Female Females
D005584 Fovea Centralis An area approximately 1.5 millimeters in diameter within the macula lutea where the retina thins out greatly because of the oblique shifting of all layers except the pigment epithelium layer. It includes the sloping walls of the fovea (clivus) and contains a few rods in its periphery. In its center (foveola) are the cones most adapted to yield high visual acuity, each cone being connected to only one ganglion cell. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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