[Study of retinal nerve fiber layer in patients with schistosomiasis mansoni: analysis with GDX].

PURPOSE: To study the retinal nerve fiber layer in young patients suffering from hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni.

METHODS

Twenty-three patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni who were submitted, when children, to splenectomy, ligature of the left gastric vein and auto-implantation of spleen tissue in the major omentum underwent GDx Scanning Laser System evaluations. All patients presented with intraocular pressure below 21 mmHg.

RESULTS

Only one patient suffering from hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni showed abnormalities on the GDx examination. There were no abnormalities on GDx examination in the control group.

CONCLUSION

There was no significant difference between the two groups of this study. Only one patient showed retinal nerve fiber layer reduction.