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Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Chiari I Malformation
Joint Authors
Figus, Michele
Posarelli, Chiara
Nasini, Francesco
Perrini, Paolo
Miccoli, Mario
Baggiani, Angelo
Ferreras, Antonio L.
Nardi, Marco
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-02-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background/Aims.
To evaluate optic nerve head with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with Chiari I malformation (CMI) compared to healthy controls.
Methods.
Cross-sectional study.
OCT of the optic nerve head of 22 patients with CMI and 22 healthy controls was quantitatively analyzed.
The healthy controls were matched for age and sex with the study population.
Mean retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness was calculated for both eyes; the mean thickness value was also registered for each quadrant and for each subfield of the four quadrants.
Results.
CMI patients showed a reduction of the RNFL thickness in both eyes.
This reduction was more statistically significant (P<0.05) for the inferior quadrant in the right eye and in each quadrant than nasal one in the left eye.
Conclusion.
A distress of the retinal nerve fibers could explain the observed reduction of the RNFL thickness in patients with CMI; in our series the reduction of the RNFL thickness seems lower when CMI is associated with syringomyelia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Figus, Michele& Posarelli, Chiara& Nasini, Francesco& Perrini, Paolo& Miccoli, Mario& Baggiani, Angelo…[et al.]. 2015. Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Chiari I Malformation. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056640
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Figus, Michele…[et al.]. Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Chiari I Malformation. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056640
American Medical Association (AMA)
Figus, Michele& Posarelli, Chiara& Nasini, Francesco& Perrini, Paolo& Miccoli, Mario& Baggiani, Angelo…[et al.]. Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Chiari I Malformation. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1056640
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1056640