Medicine:Retinal nerve fiber layer

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Retinal nerve fiber layer
Section of retina. (Stratum opticum labeled at right, second from the top.)
Plan of retinal neurons. (Stratum opticum labeled at left, second from the top.)
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Identifiers
Latinstratum neurofibrarum retinae
Anatomical terminology

The retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) or nerve fiber layer, stratum opticum, is part of the anatomy of the eye.

Physical structure

The RNFL formed by the expansion of the fibers of the optic nerve; it is thickest near the optic disc, gradually diminishing toward the ora serrata.

As the nerve fibers pass through the lamina cribrosa sclerae they lose their medullary sheaths and are continued onward through the choroid and retina as simple axis-cylinders.

When they reach the internal surface of the retina they radiate from their point of entrance over this surface grouped in bundles, and in many places arranged in plexuses.

Most of the fibers are centripetal, and are the direct continuations of the axis-cylinder processes of the cells of the ganglionic layer, but a few of them are centrifugal and ramify in the inner plexiform and inner nuclear layers, where they end in enlarged extremities.

Measurement

RNFL measurement can be made by Optical coherence tomography.[1]

Relation with diseases

RNFL reduction

Retinitis pigmentosa

Patients with retinitis pigmentosa have abnormal thinning of the RNFL which correlates with the severity of the disease.[2] However the thickness of the RNFL also decreases with age and not visual acuity.[3] The sparing of this layer is important in the treatment of the disease as it is the basis for connecting retinal prostheses to the optic nerve, or implanting stem cells that could regenerate the lost photoreceptors.

Asymmetric RNFL

RNFL asymmetry is the difference between the RNFL of the left and right eyes. In healthy patients, one study (2008, n=109) found asymmetry to be typically between 0-8μm, but occasionally higher, with average asymmetry of c.3μm at age 25 rising to 5μm at age 60.[4] A 2011 study (n=284) concluded that RNFL asymmetry exceeding 9μm may be considered statistically significant and may be indicative of early glaucomatous damage.[5] A 2023 study of 4034 children found mean RNFL of 106μm with SD of 9.4μm.[6]

Optic neuritis

RNFL asymmetry has been proposed as a strong indicator of optic neuritis,[7][8] with one small study proposing that asymmetry of 5–6μm was "a robust structural threshold for identifying the presence of a unilateral optic nerve lesion in MS."[9] Optic neuritis is often associated with multiple sclerosis, and RNFL data may indicate the pace of future development of the MS.[10][11]

Glaucoma

RNFL asymmetry may be produced by glaucoma.[12][13][14][15] Glaucoma is a lead cause of irreversible blindness. Resesrch in RNFL and optic nerve head (ONH) abnormalities may enable early detection and diagnosis of glaucoma.[2]

Fibromyalgia

One small study found that fibromyalgia patients had decreased RNFL thickness[16] but another found no difference.[17]

Correlation with ethnicity

RNFL may vary with ethnicity.[18][19]

Other factors affecting RNFL

Some processes can excite RNFL apoptosis. Harmful situations which can damage RNFL include high intraocular pressure, high fluctuation on phase of intraocular pressure, inflammation, vascular disease and any kind of hypoxia. Gede Pardianto (2009) reported 6 cases of RNFL thickness change after the procedures of phacoemulsification.[20] Sudden intraocular fluctuation in any kind of intraocular surgeries maybe harmful to RNFL in accordance with mechanical stress on sudden compression and also ischemic effect of micro emboly as the result of the sudden decompression that may generate micro bubble that can clog micro vessels.[21]

Pattern of retinal nerve fibers

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Optic Nerve and Retinal Nerve Fiber Imaging - EyeWiki". https://eyewiki.org/Optic_Nerve_and_Retinal_Nerve_Fiber_Imaging. [unreliable medical source?]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Desissaire, Sylvia; Pollreisz, Andreas; Sedova, Aleksandra; Hajdu, Dorottya; Datlinger, Felix; Steiner, Stefan; Vass, Clemens; Schwarzhans, Florian et al. (October 2020). "Analysis of retinal nerve fiber layer birefringence in patients with glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy by polarization sensitive OCT". Biomedical Optics Express 11 (10): 5488–5505. doi:10.1364/BOE.402475. PMID 33149966. 
  3. ↑ "Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in patients with retinitis pigmentosa". Eye 23 (3): 561–6. March 2009. doi:10.1038/eye.2008.63. PMID 18344951. 
  4. ↑ "Symmetry Between the Right and Left Eyes of the Normal Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Measured with Optical Coherence Tomography (An AOS Thesis)". Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society 106: 252–275. 2008. PMID 19277241. 
  5. ↑ Mwanza, Jean-Claude; Durbin, Mary K.; Budenz, Donald L. (March 2011). "Interocular Symmetry in Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measured With the Cirrus HD-OCT in Healthy Eyes". American Journal of Ophthalmology 151 (3): 514–521.e1. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2010.09.015. PMID 21236402. 
  6. ↑ "Interocular Symmetry in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Children: The Hong Kong Children Eye Study". Ophthalmology and Therapy 12 (6): 3373–3382. 2023. doi:10.1007/s40123-023-00825-7. PMID 37851163. 
  7. ↑ "Advances in ophthalmic structural and functional measures in multiple sclerosis: do the potential ocular biomarkers meet the unmet needs?". Current Opinion in Neurology 34 (1): 97–107. 2021. doi:10.1097/WCO.0000000000000897. PMID 33278142. 
  8. ↑ "Short report: Retinal inter-eye difference and atrophy progression in multiple sclerosis diagnostics". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 93 (2): 216–219. 2021. doi:10.1136/jnnp-2021-327468. PMID 34764152. 
  9. ↑ "Optimal Intereye Difference Thresholds in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness for Predicting a Unilateral Optic Nerve Lesion in Multiple Sclerosis". Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology 38 (4): 451–458. December 2018. doi:10.1097/WNO.0000000000000629. PMID 29384802. 
  10. ↑ "Retinal layer thinning is reflecting disability progression independent of relapse activity in multiple sclerosis". Multiple Sclerosis Journal: Experimental, Translational and Clinical 6 (4). October 19, 2020. doi:10.1177/2055217320966344. PMID 33194221. 
  11. ↑ "Retinal thickness measured with optical coherence tomography and risk of disability worsening in multiple sclerosis: a cohort study". The Lancet. Neurology 15 (6): 574–584. May 2016. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(16)00068-5. PMID 27011339. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1481598/. 
  12. ↑ Rodríguez-Robles, Francisco; Verdú-Monedero, Rafael; Berenguer-Vidal, Rafael; Morales-Sánchez, Juan; Sellés-Navarro, Inmaculada (14 May 2023). "Analysis of the Asymmetry between Both Eyes in Early Diagnosis of Glaucoma Combining Features Extracted from Retinal Images and OCTs into Classification Models". Sensors 23 (10): 4737. doi:10.3390/s23104737. PMID 37430650. Bibcode: 2023Senso..23.4737R. 
  13. ↑ "Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Photography and Computer Analysis". Glaucoma. 2015. pp. 244–260. doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-5193-7.00021-2. ISBN 978-0-7020-5193-7. 
  14. ↑ "Analysis of the Asymmetry in RNFL Thickness Using Spectralis OCT Measurements in Healthy and Glaucoma Patients". Artificial Intelligence in Neuroscience: Affective Analysis and Health Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 13258. 2022. pp. 507–515. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-06242-1_50. ISBN 978-3-031-06241-4. 
  15. ↑ "RNFL Analysis in the Diagnosis of Glaucoma". https://glaucomatoday.com/articles/2016-may-june/rnfl-analysis-in-the-diagnosis-of-glaucoma. 
  16. ↑ Garcia-Martin, Elena; Tello, Alvaro; Vilades, Elisa; Perez-Velilla, Javier; Cordon, Beatriz; Fernandez-Velasco, Diego; Garcia-Campayo, Javier; Puebla-Guedea, Marta et al. (February 26, 2022). "Diagnostic Ability and Capacity of Optical Coherence Tomography-Angiography to Detect Retinal and Vascular Changes in Patients with Fibromyalgia". Journal of Ophthalmology 2022 (1). doi:10.1155/2022/3946017. PMID 36065284. 
  17. ↑ Talu Erten, Pınar; Bilgin, Sinan (June 2024). "Assessment of ophthalmic vascular changes in fibromyalgia patients using optical coherence tomography angiography: is there a real pathology?". JFO Open Ophthalmology 6. doi:10.1016/j.jfop.2023.100057. 
  18. ↑ "Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Healthy Eyes of African, Chinese, and Latino Americans: A Population-based Multiethnic Study". Ophthalmology 128 (7): 1005–1015. 2020. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.11.015. PMID 33217471. 
  19. ↑ "Nerve fiber layer thickness". Ophthalmology 117 (9): 1861–1862. September 2010. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.05.024. PMID 20816254. 
  20. ↑ "Mastering phacoemulsification in Mimbar Ilmiah". Oftalmologi Indonesia 10: 26. 2009. 
  21. ↑ "Retinal thickness changes after phacoemulsification". Clinical Ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 7: 2207–14. 2013. doi:10.2147/OPTH.S53223. PMID 24235812. 

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