[Central serous choroidopathy. Long term study].
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.
Torrón
C
C
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, España.
Melcon
B
B
Ferrer
E
E
Ruiz
O
O
Oliván
J M
JM
Honrubia
F M
FM
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