Central serous chorioretinopathy occurring in patients 60 years of age and older

Abstract

The authors report on 13 eyes in 13 patients, 60 years of age or older, with idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy, a condition that typically presents in adults between the ages of 30 and 50 years. In older patients, this condition can easily be mistaken for macular degeneration with subretinal neovascularization. None of the patients in this series had soft drusen, geographic atrophy, or subretinal neovascularization, signs of age-related macular degeneration or other retinal or macular disease. Subretinal neovascularization was not seen either at the time of initial diagnosis or during follow-up. The clinical, biomicroscopic, and fluorescein angiographic characteristics of this entity are described. The clinical course of 7 of these 13 eyes that underwent laser photocoagulation treatment is also described.