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[Study of retinal nerve fiber layer in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni: analysis with GDX]
Rodrigo Almeida Vieira Santos1, Hellmann Dantas, Carlos Teixeira Brandt
1Fundação Altino Ventura, Recife, PE, Brazil. oculare@gmail.com
Purpose:
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.
Conclusion:
There was no significant difference between the two groups of this study. Only one patient showed retinal nerve fiber layer reduction.
