Prognostic significance of optic disk cupping in ocular hypertensive patients

Michael E. Yablonski, Thom J. Zimmerman, Michael A. Kass, Bernard Becker

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Abstract

The stereoscopic photographs of 102 patients with increased intraocular pressure (IOP) and normal visual fields were graded for cup:disk ratio. All patients were followed up for a five-year period, during which time 27 patients developed glaucomatous visual field loss and 75 patients did not. The patients who subsequently developed glaucomatous visual field loss had significantly larger cup:disk ratios than did the patients who did not develop glaucomatous visual field loss. Patients with a mean IOP greater than or equal to 28 mm Hg and a vertical contour cup:disk ratio greater than or equal to 0.6 had a 100% incidence of the development of glaucomatous visual field loss as compared to a 2% incidence in those with a mean IOP less than 28 mm Hg and a vertical cup:disk ratio less than 0.6. Disk:cup asymmetry and progressive increase in the area of the disk occupied by the cup was more common in the group that developed glaucomatous visual field loss.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)585-592
Number of pages8
JournalAmerican journal of ophthalmology
Volume89
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1980

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