Central serous choroidopathy. Long term study
Torrón, C.; Melcon, B.; Ferrer, E.; Ruiz, O.; Oliván, J.M.; Honrubia, F.M.
Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia 75(2): 103-108
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-6691 PMID: 11151128 Document Number: 517049
To investigate the demographic characteristics, clinical findings and long-term outcome of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). This study examined retrospectively the clinical stories and fluorescein angiographies of 113 patients with CSC and a minimum follow-up of 12 months. A total of 113 patients was examined; 90 were men and 23 women. Bilateral involvement was found in 13 cases. In 85.7% of the eyes (Group I) resolution was completed in months and mean final visual acuity (VA) was 79.3/100, while 14.3% of the eyes (Group II) showed a chronic evolution, with diffuse retinal pigment epithelipathy and mean final VA of 47.2/100. The mean age of the patients in Group II was significantly higher; male:female ratio was also higher in this Group. Bilateral involvement occurred in 6% of patients from Group I and in 46.6% in Group II. Chronic CSC affected less than 15% of the patients. Mean age in this group of patients was higher than in patients with a classic CSC, most of the cases were men, bilateral involvement was present in nearly 50% of the cases and 50% of them suffered a significant visual permanent impairment.