title: [Central serous choroidopathy. Long term study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the demographic characteristics, clinical findings and long-term outcome of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).
  
  
  METHODS
  This study examined retrospectively the clinical stories and fluorescein angiographies of 113 patients with CSC and a minimum follow-up of 12 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Torrón
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Melcon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Oliván
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Honrubia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors