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. 2011 Dec;25(12):1635-40.
doi: 10.1038/eye.2011.258. Epub 2011 Oct 21.

Choroidal thickness in both eyes of patients with unilaterally active central serous chorioretinopathy

Y T Kim  1 , S W Kang, K H Bai
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Choroidal thickness in both eyes of patients with unilaterally active central serous chorioretinopathy

Y T Kim et al. Eye (Lond). 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: To assess the change in the choroidal thickness of the unaffected eyes in patients with unilateral central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).

Methods: Thirty eyes with unilateral idiopathic CSC and 30 age-matched normal eyes were included in this study. Choroidal thickness was evaluated from images obtained by enhanced depth image optical coherence tomography. The choroidal thicknesses of the affected eyes, unaffected eyes, and normal eyes were analyzed. Choroidal vascular dilation and hyperpermeability on indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) were analyzed and correlated with the changes in choroidal thickness.

Results: The mean choroidal thicknesses of the affected eyes, unaffected fellow eyes, and normal individuals were 445.58±100.25, 378.35±117.44, and 266.80±55.45 μm, respectively. Compared with normal eyes, subfoveal choroidal thickness was increased significantly in the eyes with active CSC and in the unaffected fellow eyes (P<0.001 in both groups). The choroidal thickness was significantly greater in the eyes with active CSC than in the unaffected fellow eyes (P=0.003). ICGA revealed choroidal vascular hyperpermeability in 28 (93.3%) eyes with CSC and in 23 (73.3%) unaffected fellow eyes. Choroidal vascular dilation was detected in 21 (70.0%) eyes with CSC and in 18 (60.0%) unaffected fellow eyes.

Conclusion: Increased choroidal thickness in patients with unilateral CSC was noted not only in the affected eyes, but also in the unaffected fellow eyes. The results of this study suggest that CSC might be an essentially bilateral disorder.

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Figure 1
Representative ICGA and EDI-OCT of a patient with unilaterally active CSC. Choroidal vascular dilation and hyperpermeability on angiography and increased choroidal thickness on OCT were noted in the unaffected fellow eye (b, d, f), as well as in the eye with active CSC (a, c, e). Arrowheads indicate the inner sclera border and arrows demonstrate the estimated choroidal thickness from the outer border of the Bruch membrane to the inner scleral border.
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