[Image of the traumatic optic atrophy detected with optical coherence tomography and the vision function defection].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the unilateral image of the traumatic optic nerve atrophy using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and to explore the relationship between the optic nerve atrophy and visual acuity or visual field.


METHODS
Fifteen cases with traumatic optic nerve atrophy were studied. All cases were tested by routine opthalmological examination, visual evoked potentials (VEP) and optic disc examination with OCT. In cases with visual acuity more than 0.1 the visual field was tested.


RESULTS
All cases had visual acuity and visual field defect at various levels and optic disc retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) atrophy.


CONCLUSIONS
The traumatic optic atrophy begins in the temporal area of optic disc. The nasal area's atrophy occurs at the last and is the mildest. The more serious is the optic nerve atrophy, the worse is the vision function impairment. OCT is a valuable technique for evaluating the optic nerve atrophy and has good correlation with the visual function.
Liu
Yi-Chang
YC
Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China. liuyichang2008@126.com
Xia
Wen-Tao
WT
Zhu
Guang-You
GY
Liu
Rui-Jue
RJ
Liu
Hui
H
Chen
Jie-Min
JM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields; D055815:Young Adult