Microstructure of Parapapillary Atrophy: Beta Zone and Gamma Zone

• Published in: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science Vol. 54; no. 3; p. 2013
• Main Authors: Dai, Yi, Jonas, Jost B., Huang, Haili, Wang, Min, Sun, Xinghuai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 19.03.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bruch Membrane - pathology; Female; Glaucoma, Open-Angle - complications; Glaucoma, Open-Angle - pathology; Humans; Image Enhancement; Male; Middle Aged; Optic Atrophy - etiology; Optic Atrophy - pathology; Optic Disk - pathology; Pigment Epithelium of Eye - pathology; Severity of Illness Index; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Young Adult

To examine the morphologic features of parapapillary atrophy by using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and color fundus photographs. The clinical observational comparative study included 80 normal eyes of 46 subjects and 80 eyes of 46 patients with primary open-angle gla...