[Study of retinal nerve fiber layer in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni: analysis with GDX].
OBJECTIVE
To study the retinal nerve fiber layer in young patients suffering from hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni.


METHODS
Twenty-three patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni who were submitted, when children, to splenectomy, ligature of the left gastric vein and auto-implantation of spleen tissue in the major omentum underwent GDx Scanning Laser System evaluations. All patients presented with intraocular pressure below 21 mmHg.


RESULTS
Only one patient suffering from hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni showed abnormalities on the GDx examination. There were no abnormalities on GDx examination in the control group.


CONCLUSIONS
There was no significant difference between the two groups of this study. Only one patient showed retinal nerve fiber layer reduction.
Santos
Rodrigo Almeida Vieira
RA
Fundação Altino Ventura, Recife, PE, Brazil. oculare@gmail.com
Dantas
Hellmann
H
Brandt
Carlos Teixeira
CT
Almeida
Adélia
A
Antunes
Daniela Lyra
DL
Santana
Helder Viana
HV
D000328:Adult; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007834:Lasers; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000473:pathology*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors