Recently, several studies have been published that allow us to add peripapillary atrophy (PPA) to the list of signs of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. In addition, with new technologies that ...

When treatment is possible, it is often an indirect result of being able to treat the cause of the optic atrophy. Glaucoma. Damage caused by glaucoma is irreversible. If it is caught early enough ...

So the optic nerve is your vision nerve. It's the nerve or the cable that connects your eye to your brain. So in glaucoma, we see a very slow and progressive, meaning worsening, atrophy of the ...

The graders determined that 58% (195) of the 336 study eyes were glaucomatous ... the optic nerve and it was located at the 12 o'clock meridian. We found increased beta parapapillary atrophy ...

This optic disc is glaucomatous. Larger-than-average disc ... presence of peripapillary atrophy (PPA) and presence of disc hemorrhages. I go through these rules in my head as I evaluate each ...

Over 4,000,000 Americans are living with glaucoma, many without knowing. A woman in her fifties details her subtle symptoms, ...

The investigators described the CASIA2 (Tomey Corporation) instrument, which is a new AS-OCT device with a swept-source laser ...

Brain degenerative alterations involving the visual cortex, LGN, and optic nerve have been observed in glaucoma patients. Using 3T-MRI, a link between the extent of LGN atrophy and AD severity has ...

Optic atrophy may also be caused by oxygen deprivation during pregnancy ... Good control of diabetes mellitus Vitamin supplements in cases of vitamin B deficiency Glaucoma management should be optimal ...