Kupersmith Mark J, Garvin Mona K, Wang Jui-Kai, Durbin Mary, Kardon Randy
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, New York, USA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA/Department of Ophthalmology, Iowa University School of Medicine and Center for Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss, Iowa, USA.
Mult Scler. 2016 Apr;22(5):641-8. doi: 10.1177/1352458515598020. Epub 2015 Sep 11.
Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) reveals retinal ganglion cell layer plus inner plexiform layer (GCL+IPL) and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) thinning in chronic optic nerve injury. At presentation, swelling of the pRNFL confounds evaluation of early axon loss.
We studied whether the GCL+IPL thins before the pRNFL, the trajectory of GCL+IPL loss and relationship to vision.
We prospectively evaluated 33 eyes (study) with new optic neuritis, using perimetry and SD-OCT with investigative three-dimensional layer segmentation and commercial two-dimensional segmentation to compute the GCL+IPL and pRNFL thickness.
At presentation, GCL+IPL thickness (82.4±8.8 µm) did not differ from unaffected fellow eyes (81.2±6.7 µm), via the three-dimensional method, while the two-dimensional method failed in 9% of study eyes. At 1-2 months, there was thinning of the pRNFL in 10% and of the GCL+IPL in 93% of study eyes. GCL+IPL reduction was greatest during the first 2 months. GCL+IPL thinning at 1-2 months correlated with GCL+IPL thinning at 6 months (r=0.84, P=0.01) and presentation visual acuity (r=0.48, P=0.006) and perimetric mean deviation (r=0.52, P=0.003).
GGL+IPL is an early biomarker of structural injury in optic neuritis as thinning develops within 1-2 months of onset, prior to pRNFL thinning.
光谱域光学相干断层扫描(SD - OCT)显示,在慢性视神经损伤中视网膜神经节细胞层加内核层(GCL + IPL)以及视乳头周围视网膜神经纤维层(pRNFL)变薄。在疾病初发时,pRNFL的肿胀会干扰早期轴突损失的评估。
我们研究了GCL + IPL是否比pRNFL更早变薄、GCL + IPL损失的轨迹以及与视力的关系。
我们前瞻性地评估了33只患有新发视神经炎的眼睛(研究组),使用视野检查和SD - OCT,通过研究性三维层分割和商业二维分割来计算GCL + IPL和pRNFL的厚度。
在疾病初发时,通过三维方法测量,研究组眼睛的GCL + IPL厚度(82.4±8.8μm)与未受影响的对侧眼睛(81.2±6.7μm)没有差异,而二维方法在9%的研究组眼睛中测量失败。在1 - 2个月时,10%的研究组眼睛pRNFL变薄,93%的研究组眼睛GCL + IPL变薄。GCL + IPL在最初2个月内减少最多。1 - 2个月时GCL + IPL变薄与6个月时GCL + IPL变薄相关(r = 0.84,P = 0.01),也与初发时的视力相关(r = 0.48,P = 0.006)以及视野平均偏差相关(r = 0.52,P = 0.003)。
GCL + IPL是视神经炎结构损伤的早期生物标志物,因为在发病后1 - 2个月内就会出现变薄,早于pRNFL变薄。