Case Study 2
A 46 year-old woman presents with:
- Visual acuity: 20/20 (6/6)
- Tonometric Assessment: 18 mm Hg
- Central Corneal Thickness: 564 µm
- Disc Size: Average
- Refraction: Plano
AND
- GHT is within statistically normal limits:
- Mean Deviation +2.34 dB
- Pattern Standard Deviation 1.64 dB
Where would you place this patient on the glaucoma continuum? Select the stage by clicking on the appropriate radio button.
What is your strategy for dealing with this patient?
Now consider the following:
1. GDx demonstrates slight nerve fiber layer attenuation superiorly and inferiorly.
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2. Optical Coherence Tomography is statistically normal
3. FDT perimetry is statistically normal.
4. Short-wavelength automated perimetry is statistically normal.
Where would you place this patient on the glaucoma continuum now? Select the stage by clicking on the appropriate radio button.
What is your strategy for dealing with this patient?
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