Monitoring Changes in Optic Nerve Thickness Using OCT in Patients with Pseudopapilledema Associated with Peripapillary Hyperreflective Ovoid Mass-like Structures (PHOMS)
13 Dec 2025
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Min Chae KangKorea (Republic of)
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Monitoring Changes in Optic Nerve Thickness Using OCT in Patients with Pseudopapilledema Associated with Peripapillary Hyperreflective Ovoid Mass-like Structures (PHOMS)This study investigated longitudinal changes in optic nerve thickness using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in patients with pseudopapilledema associated with peripapillary hyperreflective ovoid mass-like structures (PHOMS). Ninety-two eyes from 48 patients were evaluated, and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) thickness was measured in five sectors (average, superior, inferior, temporal, and nasal) for up to 24 months. Eyes were classified as either “with increase in pRNFL thickness” or “without increase,” based on an average pRNFL increase of ≥5 μm compared with the previous measurement and a monthly rate of ≥10 μm. Sixty-four eyes showed no increase, while 28 demonstrated thickening. Age, sex, refractive error, and time to maximal thickening did not differ significantly between groups. The group with thickness increase had greater average (116.95 ± 29.41 vs. 106.87 ± 19.02, p = 0.034) and inferior (161.18 ± 60.12 vs. 136.63 ± 28.01, p = 0.034) sectoral values. Changes from the previous measurement were larger in this group for the average (0.81 ± 16.02 vs. −3.43 ± 12.50, p = 0.029) and inferior (4.73 ± 35.08 vs. −5.10 ± 16.11, p = 0.013) sectors, with the inferior sector showing the greatest change (p = 0.037). The monthly rate of change was also higher across several sectors in eyes with increased thickness. These results suggest that PHOMS-related pseudopapilledema demonstrates dynamic optic nerve morphology, and that inferior sector pRNFL fluctuations on OCT may serve as a useful indicator of optic nerve changes in these patients.