Evaluation of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in Patients with Idiopathic Optic Perineuritis using Optical Coherence Tomography

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of idiopathic Optic perineuritis on the retinal nerve fiber layer, and determine the ability of optical coherence tomography to evaluate retinal nerve fiber loss after idiopathic Optic perineuritis. Four patients were assessed in this study. In all cases, average retinal nerve fiber layer was significantly thinner in the affected eye in comparison with the normal reference value and with the value for the contralateral normal eye at 12 months after the onset of optic perineuritis. Our study revealed that retinal nerve fiber layer loss occurs in idiopathic optic nerve sheath inflammation.

• OCT
• optical coherence tomography
• optic perineuritis
• retinal nerve fiber layer
• retinal nerve fiber layer loss

Declaration of interest: The authors did not have any financial and proprietary interests during the conduct of the study. The authors did not receive any public or private support during the conduct of the study.

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