title: Indocyanine green angiography in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) is a condition that originates from alterations of the choroidal circulation. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the use of indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) in patients with chronic CSC.
  
  
  METHODS
  The analysis included 17 patients (34 eyes) with chronic CSC in at least 1 eye. The eye examination included: distance and near visual acuity, biomicroscopy, applanation tonometry, fundus examination, colored and red-free fundus photography, evaluation of autofluorescence, optical coherence tomography, and fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 34 eyes (100%) involved in the ICGA study the results revealed zones of transient increased choroidal vessels permeability. In 18 eyes (52.9%) choroidal changes were accompanied by a focal serous pigment epithelial detachment. In 4 eyes (11.8%) of 3 patients' the ICGA examination confirmed the presence of occult choroidal neovascularization (CNV). In the patient with bilateral diffuse retinal pigment epitheliopathy, CNV was present in 1 eye, in the patient with unilateral chronic CSC it was also present in 1 eye, and in the third patient with bilateral chronic CSC it was detected in both eyes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ICGA is a very useful examination that enables ophthalmologists to visualize choroidal changes due to chronic CSC, as well as to diagnose occult CNV in chronic CSC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital No 5, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. ugajdecka@wp.pl
authors.forename: Urszula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gajdzik-Gajdecka
authors.forename: Mariola
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dorecka
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nita
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michalska
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miniewicz-Kurowska
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Romaniuk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D056833:Central Serous Chorioretinopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D007208:Indocyanine Green