Echographic evaluation of optic disc excavation | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 12, Volume 49, Issue 1, October 2012, Pages 672-677 PDF (389 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2012.16206 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Fatma A. Atwa; Mona Mohamad A. Farag; Mona N. Mansour | ||
| Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine (for Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Purpose: To evaluate the role of high resolution B-scan echography in differentiating the causes of optic disc excavation. Methods: A prospective study was conducted on 30 subjects presenting to Al-Zahraa University Hospital (2009 – 2011) with optic nerve excavation. Of these patients 10 with coloboma, 10 with cup-shaped posterior staphyloma and 10 with glaucomatous optic nerve cupping were identified. Horizontal and vertical approaches for optic disc excavations were evaluated using B-scan echography. Specific echographic criteria for excavation configurations were successfully estimated. Results & conclusion: High-resolution contact B-scan echography may provide useful differentiation for optic disc excavations in eyes with opaque media. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Echographic; optic disc excavation | ||
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