title: Familial chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.
abstract: Twenty-seven patients with characteristic, mostly bilateral, fundus lesions of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) and a progressive course, and 80 of their relatives, mainly siblings, were examined. Ophthalmologic examination included assessment of visual acuity, Amsler grid testing, ophthalmoscopy and fluorescein angiography. The fundus findings were classified as normal fundus, multiple areas of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) atrophy or chronic CSC: RPE atrophy with leakage of fluorescein. In 14 (52%) of the 27 families, 1 or more relatives were affected. Thirty-five (44%) of the 80 investigated relatives had fundus lesions: 22 had chronic CSC in one eye, 20 of these had chronic CSC or RPE atrophy in the fellow eye. Thirteen relatives had RPE atrophy in one or both eyes. The mode of inheritance could not be established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Weenink
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Borsje
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oosterhuis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D010375:Pedigree; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D014792:Visual Acuity