TY - JOUR
T1 - Melanocytoma of the optic disc associated with visual field defects
T2 - clinical features and imaging characteristics.
AU - Punjabi, Omar S.
AU - Lin, Christine F.
AU - Chung, Hak Sung
AU - Gill, Manjot K.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The authors studied the clinical features, visual field, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) characteristics of peripapillary melanocytoma associated with visual field defects in two eyes of two patients. Both eyes had hyperreflective anterior surface and posterior optical shadowing in the region of peripapillary melanocytoma on SD-OCT imaging. The retinal nerve fiber layer was thin adjacent to these lesions, and this corresponded to the opposite hemifield defect on Humphrey Visual Field testing. Three-dimensional imaging of the melanocytoma revealed an irregular elevation in the peripapillary region. SD-OCT, when used in conjunction with clinical examination and Humphrey Visual Field testing, provided useful information that may assist clinicians in treating patients with peripapillary melanocytoma, particularly when observing them over time.
AB - The authors studied the clinical features, visual field, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) characteristics of peripapillary melanocytoma associated with visual field defects in two eyes of two patients. Both eyes had hyperreflective anterior surface and posterior optical shadowing in the region of peripapillary melanocytoma on SD-OCT imaging. The retinal nerve fiber layer was thin adjacent to these lesions, and this corresponded to the opposite hemifield defect on Humphrey Visual Field testing. Three-dimensional imaging of the melanocytoma revealed an irregular elevation in the peripapillary region. SD-OCT, when used in conjunction with clinical examination and Humphrey Visual Field testing, provided useful information that may assist clinicians in treating patients with peripapillary melanocytoma, particularly when observing them over time.
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U2 - 10.3928/15428877-20110804-06
DO - 10.3928/15428877-20110804-06
M3 - Article
C2 - 21830749
AN - SCOPUS:80054018949
SN - 2325-8160
VL - 42 Online
SP - e75-80
JO - Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging : the official journal of the International Society for Imaging in the Eye
JF - Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging : the official journal of the International Society for Imaging in the Eye
ER -