Optic neuropathies have “considerable” prevalence in high myopia and show significant relationships with axial length, optic disc size and other parameters, according to data published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science.
“High myopia-associated optic neuropathy is, besides myopic macular degeneration, the main reason for irreversible vision impairment in highly myopic eyes,” study coauthor Jost B. Jonas, MD, PhD, of Rothschild Foundation Hospital, in France, and colleagues wrote. “In previous studies, it has been differentiated into glaucomatous
