The chromatic discrimination thresholds measured by RCCT in the glaucoma group were significantly different from those measured in the control group and were correlated with the MD and GCIPL thickness. The RCCT may be useful for evaluating acquired color vision deficiency in glaucoma and may help advance current understanding of the pathophysiology of glaucomatous damage.
We quantitatively determined the relation between the decrease in orbital fat and enophthalmos due to bimatoprost using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Nine orbits in nine patients were treated unilaterally with bimatoprost for glaucoma or ocular hypertension. The contralateral orbits were used as controls. The volumes of the orbital tissues and the enophthalmos were measured using MRI. The mean volumes on the treated and untreated sides were, respectively, 14.6 ± 2.1 and 17.0 ± 4.3 cm
3
for orbital fat (
P
= 0.04) and 3.4 ± 0.5 and 3.3 ± 0.5 cm
3
for total extraocular muscles (
P
= 0.85). The mean enophthalmos values were 14.7 ± 2.5 and 16.0 ± 2.3 mm on the treated and untreated sides, respectively (
P
= 0.002). The data acquired by quantitatively measuring the volumes of orbital fat and enophthalmos on MRI showed that each might be reduced by bimatoprost administration. The enophthalmos could be caused by the bimatoprost-induced decrease in orbital fat.
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