Long distance retrograde degeneration of the retino-geniculo-cortical pathway in homonymous hemianopia

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Rajanala Alekya P.,Shariati Mohammad A.,Liao Yaping JoyceORCID

Abstract

AbstractLong-distance retrograde degeneration of the retino-geniculo-cortical pathway has been described in humans and animal models following injury to the brain. In this study, we used optical coherence tomography (OCT) to measure the severity and timing of retrograde degeneration after post-chiasmal visual pathway lesions in patients with homonymous hemianopia. We performed a retrospective study of 69 patients with homonymous hemianopia and analyzed high quality OCT macular ganglion cell complex (GCC) and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL). Patients with lesions involving the optic tract and thalamus were included in the anterior group, while patients with lesions of the occipital lobe were included in the posterior group. Statistical significance was determined using Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon test. We found that in patients with homonymous hemianopia, those with anterior lesion exhibited earlier and more severe thinning compared with the posterior group. In fact, thinning can occur within 2 months after insult in the anterior group. Within 6 months of onset, the anterior group exhibited about 5 times more hemi-macular GCC thinning than those with acquired lesions of the posterior visual pathway (P = 0.0023). Although the severity of hemi-macular GCC thinning was different, the majority of hemi-macular thinning occurred within the first 6 months in both groups. Beyond 2 years, thinning in those with acquired anterior and posterior lesions was minimal, except in a small number of patients with multiple insults to the occipital lobe. In conclusion, using OCT, we measured the severity and rate of long-distance, retrograde degeneration in patients with homonymous hemianopia. Homonymous hemi-macular thinning after optic tract and thalamic injury was more severe and occurred earlier compared with thinning after occipital lobe insult via trans-synaptic degeneration. The presence of severe hemi-macular degeneration on OCT provides objective evidence that localizes the lesion to the post-chiasmal anterior visual pathway.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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