[Glaucoma in children and adolescents: visual field and optic nerve in children].
High intraocular pressure, or glaucoma suspicion in children, requires to perform an automated visual field examination and to examine the optic nerve. These examinations are often difficult to realize in children, particularly those less than 6 years of age. From 6.5-7 years of age, visual sensitivity threshold is only marginally lower than that of adults, however due to the lack of established normative values for children, reference has to be based on adult normative values. Non mydriatic photographies of optic disc are a key element for follow up. Imaging technique (optical coherence tomography) produce reliable information, but difficult to interpret due to the absence of normative values adapted to children population.
Rouland
J-F
JF
Service d'ophtalmologie, Hôpital Claude Huriez, CHRU de Lille, Place de Verdun, F-59037 Lille cedex, France. jfrouland@chru-lille.fr
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009900:Optic Nerve; D014794:Visual Fields