Aims: Retinal nerve fibre layer photography is a well established method to qualitatively document early structural changes which might be induced by primary open angle glaucoma. The aim was to analyse localised retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) defects in a new quantitative way with respect to surface topography, defect width, and surface reflectivity by means of the technique of confocal scanning laser tomography.
Methods: 12 eyes of 12 patients with a localised RNFL defect documented in RNFL photographs and a normal appearance of the optic disc were enrolled in the study. Using confocal laser scanning tomography (Heidelberg retina tomograph, HRT) a series of 32 optical section images from different focal planes of the retina at the site of the RNFL defects were obtained. The optical section images, the reflectivity images, and the topographic images were analysed regarding the visibility of the RNFL defects. The mean surface height and the reflectance at the sites of the RNFL damage were measured and compared with the adjacent apparently normal retina. The width of the RNFL defect at 1 mm distance from the disc border was evaluated.
Results: RNFL defects could be detected in nine of 12 reflectivity images (75%). Single optical section images displayed the RNFL defects in 12 of 12 eyes. The defect width ranged from 0.11 to 1.0 mm. In six of 12 eyes a surface depression (34 (SD 5) microns; range 21-47 microns) was present. The reflectance ratio ranged from 0.68 to 0.94 at the site of the RNFL defect. In eyes with a glaucomatous scotoma in a 6 degrees grid visual field (VF), the defect width was at least 0.25 mm. Surface depression and low reflectance ratio were found irrespective of the presence of a scotoma in the 6 degrees grid VF.
Conclusion: The majority of localised RNFL defects can be detected in reflectivity images from laser scanning tomograms. Localised RNFL defects may be differentiated according to surface topography into those with and those without a measurable surface depression. A small but deep RNFL defect is not necessarily associated with a scotoma in routine 6 degrees grid VF static perimetry.
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