Macular dysfunction in glaucoma and the ischemic optic neuropathy
Miyazawa, H.; Asai, T.; Katsumori, N.; Mizokami, K.
Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi 91(11): 1061-1067
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-0203 PMID: 3445834 Document Number: 301880
Using fundus perimetry (Quantitative Maculometry) and modulation transfer function (MTF), the macular function was studied in primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), low tension glaucoma (LTG) and anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) with various types of papillo-macular bundle atrophy. In POAG some different types of macular sensitivity depression were recognized, but in AION all cases showed altitudinal hemianopia. Both types of POAG and AION were mixed in LTG. These results indicate that the mechanisms of POAG and AION are different and LTG is due to some different types of mechanisms.