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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0864-2176</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Oftalmología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Oftalmol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2176</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0864-21762020000400014</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Utilidad de la tomografía de coherencia óptica macular en pacientes con glaucoma y alta miopía]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Usefulness of macular optical coherence tomography for patients with glaucoma and high myopia]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Arzuaga Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Batista Peña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maikel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cárdenas Chacón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daylin]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez Acosta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Liset]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Núñez Fuentes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dayamis]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Cubano de Oftalmología "Ramón Pando Ferrer"  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21762020000400014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21762020000400014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21762020000400014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El glaucoma es una neuropatía óptica caracterizada por la pérdida de células ganglionares de la retina y sus axones. Se presentan dos casos clínicos, ambos miopes con sospecha de glaucoma, con el objetivo de valorar la importancia del análisis de las células ganglionares en el diagnóstico de estos pacientes. La evaluación de los cambios estructurales glaucomatosos en los ojos miopes es difícil, por las considerables variaciones morfológicas en la cabeza del nervio óptico y otras estructuras del segmento posterior del ojo. La tomografía de coherencia óptica permite el análisis cuantitativo in vivo del disco óptico, la capa de fibras nerviosas de la retina y el área macular; pero interpretar los hallazgos en ojos miopes, y especialmente en altos miopes, puede ser un verdadero desafío. Estudios recientes han demostrado que las mediciones maculares tienen ventajas sobre el análisis de la capa de fibras nerviosas de la retina para determinar si los defectos del grosor de la retina se relacionan con el glaucoma o con la miopía. Sin embargo, se deben considerar varios estudios en el intento de emitir un diagnóstico de certeza.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy characterized by the loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons. Two cases are presented, both myopic and with suspected glaucoma, with the purpose of assessing the role of ganglion cell analysis in their diagnosis. Evaluation of structural glaucomatous changes in myopic eyes is a difficult task, due to the considerable morphological variations occurring in the optic nerve head and other structures from the posterior segment of the eye. Optical coherence tomography allows in vivo quantitative analysis of the optic disc, the retinal nerve fiber layer, and the macular area, but interpreting the findings in myopic eyes, particularly in highly myopic eyes, may be a real challenge. Recent studies have shown that macular measurements have advantages over retinal nerve fiber layer analysis to determine whether the retinal thickness defects are related to glaucoma or to myopia. However, several studies should be considered in the attempt to reach an accurate diagnosis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tomografía de coherencia óptica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[células ganglionares]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[capa de fibras nerviosas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mácula]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[glaucoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diagnóstico precoz]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Optical coherence tomography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ganglion cells]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nerve fiber layer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[macula]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[glaucoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[early diagnosis]]></kwd>
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