Peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer thinning in patients with X-linked retinoschisis.

Peter KiralyAna Uršula GavrićFelix F ReichelJohannes BirtelLuca MautoneYevgeniya AtiskovaPhilipp HerrmannMartina Jarc-VidmarMarko HawlinaSusan M DownesM Dominik Fischer

Published in: BMJ open ophthalmology (2024)

pRNFL thinning, predominantly sectoral and linked to macular or peripheral retinoschisis, occurs in about three-quarters of patients with XLRS, while diffuse thinning occurs in one-fifth. Temporal pRNFL thinning might occur only after the collapse of intraretinal cystoid cavities in the macula.

Keyphrases

optical coherence tomography
diabetic retinopathy
optic nerve
low grade
peripheral nerve
high grade
chemotherapy induced