Sectoral analysis of the retinal nerve fiber layer thinning and its association with visual field loss in homonymous hemianopia caused by post-geniculate lesions using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

Abstract

A reduction of the cpRNFL thickness corresponding to the hemianopic visual field loss due to acquired post-geniculate visual pathway lesions was detected using SD-OCT, and the change was more evident at 24 months than at the initial visit. The latter finding suggests that this change is, at least partially, caused by transsynaptic retrograde degeneration.