Optic Disc Hemorrhage May Be Associated with Retinal Nerve Fiber Loss in Otherwise Normal Eyes
Purpose: To evaluate quantitatively the structural damage of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in eyes with disc hemorrhage (DH).Design: Prospective cross-sectional study.Participants: Seventy patients with DH (70 eyes; mean age ± standard deviation, 60.0±11.8 years) and 100 healthy control subjects (100 eyes; mean age ± standard deviation, 57.7±8.0 years) were enrolled from the Glaucoma Clinic of Seoul National University Hospital.Methods: Normal eyes without DH (group 1: normal control group) served as controls. Eyes with DH were divided into the following groups: (1) eyes with a DH, accompanied by no visible RNFL ...
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