Abstract:
This was across sectional descriptive study aimed to measure the damage of
optic nerve and optic chiasm due diabetic in Sudanese people using
magnetic resonance imaging. in addition to correlate the finding with age
,gender and duration of the diabetic .the study examined 50 subjects (30
diabetic patients and 20 normal)all of him done magnetic resonance for
orbits)aged between 30-90years in both gender (15 diabetic male and 15
diabetic women,12 normal male and 8 normal female) were included in
study. Data were collected at Khartoum state in Dar Alelaj hospital from
September 2019 to February 2020.
study founded that the mean of optic nerve diameter in diabetic group was
2.68±0.34 mm for right side and 2.85±0.34 mm for left ,showed significant
difference from that in control group 3.27±0.49 mm and 3.27±0.49 mm
respectively .The study concluded that the measurement of optic nerve and
optic chiasm is effect by diabetic, age and duration of diabetic but not effect
by type of diabetic and gender. The study recommended that more precise
measurement may be taken by using multi planer high resolution magnetic
resonance image from larger sample size for normal volunteers.
