[Tomography findings in optic nerve head and retina in differential diagnosis between normal-tension XXXX and @entity1781 ].

@entity1 @entity6653 @entity726 @entity1781 @entity995
AIM: to determine tomography findings in optic nerve head (ONH) and retinal nerve fiber layer (RFNL) that may be valuable for differential diagnosis between normal-tension @entity726 (NTG) and @entity1781 ( @entity1781 ) outcome. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Group 1 consisted of 17 @entity1 (32 eyes) with NTG, group 2--17 @entity1 (24 eyes) with @entity1781 outcome. The control group included 22 @entity1 (22 eyes) with no sighs of @entity1781 . Optic nerve head and retina assessment included scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (HRT 111) and optical coherence tomography (Stratus @entity6653 3000). Statistical analyses were performed using Statistica 10 software suite. RESULTS: Statistically significant changes in HRT parameters, namely, the mean RNFL thickness, retinal height variation along the contour line, and @entity995 discriminant function, were observed in both study groups as compared to the controls. NTG @entity1 also showed lower rim indices, larger cups, smaller values of the FSM discriminant function, and lower @entity726 ( @entity726 ) than both @entity1781 @entity1 and the controls. @entity6653 findings included a statistically significant decrease in RNFL thickness in both study groups as compared to the controls. As for the difference between the groups, it was unreliable. Quadrant comparisons of RNFL thicknesses revealed that lower quadrant RNFL thinning was more significant in NTG @entity1 , while temporal quadrant RNFL thinning--in @entity1781 @entity1 . CONCLUSION: Both conditions are associated with a similar degree of RNFL thinning, as confirmed by @entity6653 , however, HRT changes are much more pronounced in NTG than in @entity1781 @entity1 .
