1. Diagnostic Value of Ganglion Cell-Inner Plexiform Layer Thickness in Glaucoma With Superior or Inferior Visual Hemifield Defects
- Author
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Ho Soong Kim, Heon Yang, Tae Heon Lee, and Kyung Heon Lee
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Male ,Retinal Ganglion Cells ,Intraocular pressure ,medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,Nerve fiber layer ,Glaucoma ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Nerve Fibers ,0302 clinical medicine ,Optical coherence tomography ,Ophthalmology ,Optic Nerve Diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,Intraocular Pressure ,Aged ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Receiver operating characteristic ,business.industry ,Retinal ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Inner plexiform layer ,eye diseases ,Ganglion ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,ROC Curve ,chemistry ,Area Under Curve ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,Hemianopsia ,Visual Field Tests ,Female ,sense organs ,Visual Fields ,business ,Glaucoma, Open-Angle ,Tomography, Optical Coherence ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Purpose To determine the diagnostic value of the ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thickness in glaucomatous eyes with superior or inferior visual hemifield defects. Patients and methods Eighty-five patients with glaucoma (42 isolated superior hemifield defects and 43 isolated inferior hemifield defects) and 46 normal subjects were enrolled. All patients underwent Cirrus high-definition optical coherence tomography and standard automated perimetry. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was calculated to determine the diagnostic ability of the GCIPL and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL). Results In the superior hemifield defect glaucoma group, the best parameters for discriminating normal eyes from glaucomatous eyes were the inferotemporal GCIPL thickness (0.942), inferior quadrant RNFL thickness (0.974), and 7 o'clock sector RNFL thickness (0.999). For diagnosing inferior hemifield defect glaucoma, the AUCs of all GCIPL parameters (0.331 to 0.702) were significantly lower than that of the superior quadrant RNFL thickness (0.866, P Conclusions The diagnostic ability of GCIPL parameters was similar to that of the pRNFL parameters in superior hemifield defect glaucoma. However, the diagnostic performance of the GCIPL parameters was significantly inferior to those of the pRNFL parameters in eyes with inferior hemifield defect glaucoma.
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- 2016