Retinal ganglion cell-inner plexiform and nerve fiber layers in neuromyelitis optica
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Pei-Rong Lu. Department of Ophthalmology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu Province, China. lupeirong@suda.edu.cn

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Supported by Science and Technology Bureau Project Fund of Wenzhou, China (No.Y20160460).

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    AIM: To determine the thickness of the retinal ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) and the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO). METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study that included 30 NMO patients with a total of 60 eyes. Based on the presence or absence of optic neuritis (ON), subjects were divided into either the NMO-ON group (30 eyes) or the NMO-ON contra group (10 eyes). A detailed ophthalmologic examination was performed for each group; subsequently, the GCIPL and the RNFL were measured using high-definition optical coherence tomography (OCT). RESULTS: In the NMO-ON group, the mean GCIPL thickness was 69.28±21.12 μm, the minimum GCIPL thickness was 66.02±10.02 μm, and the RNFL thickness were 109.33±11.23, 110.47±3.10, 64.92±12.71 and 71.21±50.22 μm in the superior, inferior, temporal and nasal quadrants, respectively. In the NMO-ON contra group, the mean GCIPL thickness was 85.12±17.09 μm, the minimum GCIPL thickness was 25.39±25.1 μm, and the RNFL thicknesses were 148.33±23.22, 126.36±23.45, 82.21±22.30 and 83.36±31.28 μm in the superior, inferior, temporal and nasal quadrants, respectively. In the control group, the mean GCIPL thickness was 86.98±22.37 μm, the minimum GCIPL thickness was 85.28±10.75 μm, and the RNFL thicknesses were 150.22±22.73, 154.79±60.23, 82.33±7.01 and 85.62±13.81 μm in the superior, inferior, temporal and nasal quadrants, respectively. The GCIPL and RNFL were thinner in the NMO-ON contra group than in the control group (P<0.05); additionally, the RNFL was thinner in the inferior quadrant in the NMO-ON group than in the control group (P<0.05). Significant correlations were observed between the GCIPL and RNFL thickness measurements as well as between thickness measurements and the two visual field parameters of mean deviation (MD) and corrected pattern standard deviation (PSD) in the NMO-ON group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The thickness of the GCIPL and RNFL, as measured using OCT, may indicate optic nerve damage in patients with NMO.

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Sai-Jing Hu, Pei-Rong Lu. Retinal ganglion cell-inner plexiform and nerve fiber layers in neuromyelitis optica. Int J Ophthalmol, 2018,11(1):89-93

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  • Received:June 22,2017
  • Revised:August 11,2017
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  • Online: January 09,2018
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