title: [Study of retinal nerve fiber layer in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni: analysis with GDX].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Fundação Altino Ventura, Recife, PE, Brazil. oculare@gmail.com
authors.forename: Rodrigo Almeida Vieira
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Hellmann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.forename: Carlos Teixeira
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Adélia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Daniela Lyra
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: Helder Viana
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Santana
mesh_terms: 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