Glaucoma Diagnosis in Myopic Eyes
Fig. 3.1 Variable deformation of the optic disc and peripapillary appearance in highly myopic eyes (Nakano et al. [28]) Recently, it has been shown that tilting of the optic disc…
Myopic Optic Neuropathy
Fig. 6.1 Various appearance of optic disc in eyes with pathologic myopia. (a and b) Optic disc area is enlarged and shows ‘megalodisc’ appearance. (c and d) Optic disc is…
High Myopia and Myopic Glaucoma: Findings in the Peripapillary Retina and Choroid in Highly Myopic Eyes
Fig. 4.1 Typical myopic disc with tilting on fundus photograph. The disc appears oval with the maximal diameter along the vertical axis Fig. 4.2 The schema of oblique insertion and…
Clinical Features in Myopic Glaucoma
Fig. 2.1 Disc photograph of a 16-year-old male patient with crescent-type peripapillary chorioretinal atrophy (PPA) who was followed-up for 6 years. (a) Baseline disc photograph shows a small area of PPA…
Visual Field Damage in Myopic Glaucoma
(5.1) Where TDi is the TD value at the i-th test point, A and B are regression coefficients, and C is a regression constant. The extent of age-corrected damage at…
Ocular Blood Flow in Myopic Glaucoma
Fig. 8.1 Morphological changes in the optic nerve head with progression of myopia. (a) Fundus photograph of a myopic eye in a 14-year-old male patient. (b) Fundus photograph of the…
An Epidemiologic Perspective
Ethnicity Country Project Age range (years) Participation rate (%) No. samples Myopia (<−0.5 diopters) Myopia (<−1.0D) High myopia (<−5 D) High myopia (<−6 D) Caucasian USA Baltimore Eye Survey [24]…
High Myopia and Myopic Glaucoma: Anterior Segment Features
Fig. 7.1 Experimental myopia induced by monocular lid fusion of monkey eyes demonstrates the distension of the postequatorial hemisphere of the eye [1] 7.2 Myopic Changes in Cornea Intraocular pressure…
A Brief History of Vaccines
(1) Department of Medicine, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA, USA Abstract Heading almost due west from London, the train passes city outskirts and urban fringe housing before the landscape becomes…
The Future of a Killer
(1) Department of Medicine, Baystate Health, Springfield, MA, USA Abstract The first, documented 100 years of cerebrospinal meningitis, during which the clinical course and worldwide occurrence of diseases were…
