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PURPOSE: To analyze ocular manifestations, visual field (VF) pattern, and VF test performance in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke patients. METHODS: This retrospective, cross-sectional study included 118 patients (236 eyes) with TBI and stroke who had undergone VF testing by standard automated perimetry with the central 24-2 threshold test. Clinical features including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), ocular manifestations, and VF test results including VF defect pattern, reliability, and global indices were analyzed and compared between the TBI and stroke patients. RESULTS: In TBI patients, ocular manifestations included strabismus (11.1%), cataract (4.2%), and glaucoma suspect (2.8%), whereas in stroke patients, cataract (15.2%), strabismus (8.5%), diabetic retinopathy (4.9%), extraocular movement (EOM) limitation (3.0%), glaucoma suspect (3.0%), nystagmus (2.4%), drusen (1.2%), and vitreous hemorrhage (1.2%) were found. The VF test results showed that 47 eyes (85.5%) in TBI and 86 (65.2%) in stroke had VF defect; in TBI, the scattered pattern was the most common (56.4%), followed by homonymous hemianopsia (14.5%), homonymous quadrantanopia (10.9%), and total defect (3.6%), whereas in stroke, homonymous hemianopsia was the most common (31.8%), followed by scattered pattern (16.7%), homonymous quadrantanopia (12.1%), and total defect (4.5%). Only 15 eyes (27.3%) in TBI and 32 (24.2%) in stroke showed reliable VF indices. The mean deviation (MD) was -10.5 ± 7.1 dB in TBI and -9.5 ± 6.8 dB in stroke, and the pattern standard deviation (PSD) was 4.9 ± 3.3 dB in TBI and 6.1 ± 3.9 dB in stroke, without statistically significant differences between the two groups. CONCLUSION: Various ocular manifestations were found, and a considerable proportion of patients were experiencing VF defects and showed unreliable VF test performance. Our findings suggest that accurate evaluation and rehabilitation of visual function should be a matter of greater concern and emphasis in the management of TBI and stroke patients, besides systemic diseases.
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Background: Spinocerebellar ataxia Type 7 (SCA7) is an autosomal dominant, progressive neurodegenerative disorder, primarily characterized by cerebellar ataxia. The disease is caused by the expansion of a CAG trinucleotide repeat within the ataxin-7 gene when its CAG repeat sequences are extended beyond 38. The degree of retinopathy can vary from pigment change in the fovea to foveal atrophy and is correlated with the number of CAG repeats. The present study describes a case of SCA7 with a retinal presentation similar to occult macular dystrophy (OMD) which is an inherited macular dystrophy characterized by presenting with a normal fundus and fluorescein angiography but with progressive central visual loss. Materials and Methods: Report of a case. Results: In this case, no specific abnormality was found on fundus examination, fluorescein angiography, full-field electroretinography and infrared autofluorescence. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography showed foveal thinning, focal disruption of the ellipsoid zone, and central loss of the outer segment-retinal pigment epithelium interdigitation zone that were well matched with the multifocal electroretinography finding. Thirty-nine CAG repeats in ataxin-7 gene were identified through genetic testing. Conclusions: SCA7 can present with a very mild form of retinal degeneration similar to the classic phenotype of RP1L1-negative OMD in case of the lower number of CAG repeats.