ArticleInternational journal of ophthalmology2018
Clinical features of posterior microphthalmic and nanophthalmic eyes.
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- Risk factors for glaucoma in nanophthalmos - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Pooled it
- Sclerectomies in nanophthalmos and idiopathic uveal effusion syndrome: a systematic review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025Pooled it
- Insight into small eyes: a practical description from phenotypes presentations to the management.International journal of ophthalmology · 2024Review
- Comparisons of size of foveal avascular zone area among children with posterior microphthalmos, high hyperopia, and normal eyes.International ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Nanophthalmos: An Update on the Biological Parameters and Fundus Abnormalities.Journal of ophthalmology · 2021Review
- Posterior segment abnormalities in posterior microphthalmos.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2020Article
- Swept source-OCT and swept source-OCT angiography findings in posterior microphthalmos.International ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Efficacy of fitting HydroCone (Toris K) contact lenses for the visual rehabilitation of patients with posterior microphthalmos.Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologiaArticle
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Abstract
aimTo clinically differentiate nanophthalmos (NO) and posterior microphthalmos (PM) and to explore the mechanisms related to papillomacular folds (PMF).
methodsMedical records of 34 unrelated patients with microphthalmos (54 eyes) from April 2009 to October 2017 were retrospectively reviewed.
resultsFourteen eyes of 7 unrelated patients with NO and PM were included in the study. The presenting age of the NO cohort was significantly higher compared with the PM cohort (NO: 27±16y; PM: 3.7±0.6y). PMF was more likely to occur in cases with PM than in NO (25% in NO, 100% in PM). The anatomic features of PMF from optical coherence tomography (OCT) included: ganglion cell layer, inner plexiform layer, inner nuclear layer, outer plexiform layer and outer nuclear layer. In eyes without an apparent PMF (these were all NO eyes), rudimentary fovea without a foveal pit was noted. Four eyes that were NO developed angle closure glaucoma. Three NO eyes developed exudative retinal detachment and were successfully treated with lamellar sclerectomy.
conclusionPosterior segment changes are pervasive both in PM and NO. Complications like angle closure glaucoma and exudative retinal detachment are likely to occur in eyes with NO but not with PM. Detailed OCT analysis found that PMF was partially a neural retinal issue, suggesting that redundancy of retinal issues involved only inner retinal layers.
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