Ms.Sruthi Kalisipudi

Dr.Meenakshi Vepa, Dr.Padmavathi Kattoju, None

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN:PROSPECTIVE STUDY
AIM:TO EVALUATE RETINAL STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN PARKINSONS'S DISEASE PATIENTS&TO ESTABLISH ROLE OF OCT IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE
METHOD:WE PERFORMED OCT IN 51 PRIMARY PARKINSON'S PATIENTS AND 51 HEALTHY CONTROLS,CONDUCTED IN TERTIARY EYE HOSPITAL ON PATIENTS REFERRED FROM DEPT. OF NEUROLOGY,TERTIARY HOSPITAL,FROM JANUARY 2023 TO MAY 2023.DETAILED HISTORIES ARE TAKEN,DETAILED OCULAR EXAMINATION&OCT ARE DONE.PATIENTS AND CONTROLS IN THE AGE MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF BOTH SEXES ARE INCLUDED.PATIENTS HAVING PRIOR HISTORY OF OPTICNEUROPATHY, MACULOPATHY, GLAUCOMA, MEDIA OPACITIES, OCULAR TRAUMA&OCULAR SURGERY WERE EXCLUDED.CIRRUS SD-OCT MACHINE IS USED
RESULTS:THE RESULTS SHOWED SIGNIFICANT AVERAGE REDUCTION OF RNFL THICKNESS IN PARKINSON'S PATIENTS(71±6.3μm) COMPARED TO CONTROLS(83±7.2μm).THERE IS ALSO SELECTIVE THINNING IN SPECIFIC QUADRANTS MOSTLY IN TEMPORAL QUADRANT FOLLOWED BY SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR QUADRANTS.THERE IS ALSO REDUCTION IN GCC&MACULAR THICKNESS