Relationship between Optical Coherence Tomography, Pattern Electroretinogram and Automated Perimetry in Eyes with Temporal Hemianopia from Chiasmal Compression

• Published in: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science Vol. 50; no. 8; pp. 3535 - 3541
• Main Authors: Monteiro, Mario L. R, Cunha, Leonardo P, Costa-Cunha, Luciana V. F, Maia, Otacilio O., Jr, Oyamada, Maria K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rockville, MD ARVO 01.08.2009; Association for Research in Vision and Ophtalmology
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Axons - pathology; Biological and medical sciences; Diseases of visual field, optic nerve, optic chiasma and optic tracts; Electroretinography; Eye and associated structures. Visual pathways and centers. Vision; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hemianopsia - diagnosis; Hemianopsia - etiology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nerve Compression Syndromes - complications; Nerve Compression Syndromes - diagnosis; Ophthalmology; Optic Chiasm - pathology; Optic Disk - pathology; Optic Nerve Diseases - complications; Optic Nerve Diseases - diagnosis; Retinal Ganglion Cells - pathology; Scotoma - diagnosis; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Visual Field Tests; Visual Fields; Young Adult; Electroretinography; Eye; Electrodiagnosis; Eye disease; Compression; Visual field disease; Optical coherence tomography; Hemianopsia; Ophthalmology; Perimetry

To evaluate the relationship between pattern electroretinogram (PERG) amplitude, macular and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness by optical coherence tomography (OCT), and visual field (VF) loss on standard automated perimetry (SAP) in eyes with temporal hemianopia from chiasmal compression....