Optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis and monitoring of congenital and juvenile glaucoma
https://doi.org/10.29413/ABS.2022-7.2.16
Abstract
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) in everyday routine practice is the method of choice for the instrumental diagnosis of glaucoma in adults. As a non-invasive and safe method of visualizing structural changes in the retina and the optic nerve, the method is of particular value in pediatric practice. At the same time, OCT diagnostics in children is associated with certain difficulties, both during the study and when interpreting the scan results.
This review summarizes the data from the literature and our own research in the diagnosis and monitoring of congenital and juvenile glaucoma from the standpoint of our own long-term clinical experience in using optical coherence tomography. We consider the physiological changes of the retina and optic nerve, attention is focused on the need to create a pediatric regulatory database of retinal thickness, the factors that determine the normal range of the data obtained and allow distinguishing physiological processes from pathological ones are identified. Clinical cases confirming the value of OCT in combined pathology are presented as examples.
About the Authors
S. I. Zhukova
Irkutsk Branch of S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Cand. Sc. (Med.), Head of the Diagnostic Department, Ophthalmologist
Lermontova str. 337, Irkutsk 664033
T. N. Iureva
Irkutsk Branch of S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution; Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education – Branch Campus of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sc. (Med.), Professor, Deputy Director for Science; Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology; Professor at the Department of Eye Diseases
Lermontova str. 337, Irkutsk 664033; Yubileyniy 100, Irkutsk
664049; Krasnogo Vosstaniya str. 1, Irkutsk 664003
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Zhukova S.I., Iureva T.N. Optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis and monitoring of congenital and juvenile glaucoma. Acta Biomedica Scientifica. 2022;7(2):147-166. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.29413/ABS.2022-7.2.16
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