PURPOSE: To evaluate the integrity of the outer retinal layers-outer nuclear layer (ONL), external limiting membrane (ELM), ellipsoid (EZ), and interdigitation band (IZ)-using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and estimate their effect on visual acuity in retinitis pigmentosa (RP). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed in the Ophthalmology Department of Hospital de Braga, Portugal. Patients ...
The authors describe the case of a 26-year-old female patient with a history of bilateral central scotomas which has lasted 24 hours, which appeared after an injury caused by a plasma laser for the production of nanoparticles. The ophthalmologic assessment including observing the ocular fundis in mydriasis, fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography (OCT). In a first assessment, the visual acuity ...