Serpiginous choroiditis in a referral clinic in India: visual field changes and clinical correlates.
OBJECTIVE
To report the visual field changes in patients with serpiginous choroiditis as seen in a referral clinic in India.


METHODS
A retrospective noncomparative case series was conducted. Twenty-nine eyes of 17 patients who were diagnosed with serpiginous choroiditis were included in the study. Clinical findings were recorded. Visual field was measured with a Humphrey visual field analyzer. Information obtained was entered into SPSS 17.0 and analyzed.


RESULTS
There was a male preponderance (8:2). Age at presentation ranged from 14 to 53 years. Eleven subjects (64.7%) had bilateral involvement at presentation. Mean visual acuity improved to 0.35 after treatment. Visual field changes were seen in 28 eyes and the mean deviation value was maintained after treatment (-8.5, 7.19 SD). Multiple foci of defects (usually central or paracentral scotoma co-existing with isolated field defects in the nasal or temporal field) were the commonest form of visual field defect detected.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with serpiginous choroiditis had a stable visual field defects after 6 months of treatment. The need for visual field monitoring in these patients is underscored.
Federal Medical Centre , Birnin Kebbi , Nigeria and.
Aliyu Hamza
AH
Balarabe
Jyotirmay
J
Biswas
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D002833:Choroiditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D055213:Retinal Pigment Epithelium / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields; D055815:Young Adult
Mean deviation; serpiginous choroiditis; visual field defect