title: Profile of serpiginous choroiditis in a tertiary eye care centre in eastern India.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the clinical profile of serpiginous choroiditis in eastern India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-one eyes of 54 patients with serpiginous choroiditis presenting to a tertiary care centre in eastern India between January 2006 and December 2010 were included in the study. Clinical presentation, treatment given, and visual outcome of the eyes were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-five (64.8%) patients were male and 19 (35.2%) were female in the age group of 13-62 years (mean age: 34.1 μ 18.7 years). Blurring of vision (71; 78%) and floaters (36; 39.5%) were commonest symptoms. In 75 (82.4%) eyes, choroiditis started from optic nerve head and spreading centrifugally. Overall, 38 (41.75%) eyes had macular involvement at first visit. Mantoux test reading was 10 mm or more (Group A) in 12 (22.22%) patients and less than 10 mm (Group B) in 42 (77.77%) patients. Difference between Groups A and B in macular involvement at first visit (10; 50% vs. 28; 39.4%) and rate of recurrence (3; 15% vs. 14; 19.7%) was not statistically significant (P = 0.37 and 0.68). Oral steroid (51; 94.4%) was the commonest mode of treatment. Fifty-one (56%) eyes had two lines or more improvement in vision.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study details the clinical presentation, treatment, and visual outcome of serpiginous choroiditis. Mantoux test reading does not affect the clinical presentation or the treatment outcome in these eyes.
authors.affiliation: Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Kumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saurabh
authors.forename: Pradeep Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Panigrahi
authors.forename: Amitabh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Rupak
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Jyotirmay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biswas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology*; D002833:Choroiditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult