title: Comparison of optical coherence tomography findings in a patient with central retinal artery occlusion in one eye and end-stage glaucoma in the fellow eye.
abstract: This case describes a patient with chronic central retinal artery occlusion in one eye and end-stage traumatic glaucoma in the fellow eye. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the macula of the chronic phase of central retinal artery occlusion of the right eye indicated loss of the normal foveal depression, extensive inner retinal atrophy, and marked retinal thinning. In contrast, scans of the left eye with end-stage glaucoma demonstrated an intact foveal depression and limited retinal thinning. The pattern of macular OCT findings in this patient illustrates distinguishing features between chronic central retinal artery occlusion and chronic optic neuropathy due to end-stage glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: Charles P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Nicola G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Ghazi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000473:pathology*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*