الفهرس 
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Abstract
Diagnosis and follow up of glaucoma is a challenging ophthalmological problem and the use of OCT is an effective tool in this challenge.
Evaluation of RNFL and CMT is a mainstay of glaucoma diagnostics. The structural changes of these components are the initial, fundamental step in glaucoma diagnosis. These structural changes serve as the primary sign of glaucoma and they provide the basis of the initial glaucoma-diagnostic indication as to whether patients will undergo further examination or treatment. Thus, accurate evaluation of glaucomatous structural damage is indispensable for appropriate diagnosis of glaucoma. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), with its outstanding performance in optic disc, CMT and RNFL thickness measurements, has opened a new era of objective, quantitative assessment of structural glaucomatous damage.
Our study was conducted on 42 eyes from Egyptian patients diagnosed with primary open angle glaucoma to evaluate the relationships between, the macular ganglion cell complex thickness, and the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measured using (SD-OCT).
All patients underwent full ophthalmic examination and assessment of the optic nerve head and the macular area using SD-OCT was done.
This study reveals that there is significant correlation between RNFL, CMT in patients with primary open angle glaucoma.