title: Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.
abstract: Purpose. To analyze optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) findings in eyes with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) and to compare them with those obtained with multimodal imaging. Methods. A series of consecutive patients diagnosed with CSC, underwent OCTA and multimodal imaging, including spectral domain OCT, fluorescein, and indocyanine green angiography. OCTA images were performed at three main depth intervals: automatically segmented outer retina, manually adjusted outer retina, and automatically segmented choriocapillaris. Results. Thirty-three eyes of 32 consecutive patients were analyzed. OCTA showed 3 main anomalies at the choriocapillaris: the presence of dark areas (19/33 eyes) which were frequently associated with serous retinal detachment, presence of dark spots (7/33 eyes) which were frequently associated with retinal pigment epithelium detachment, and presence of abnormal vessels (12/33 eyes) which were frequently, but not systematically, associated with choroidal neovascularization, as confirmed by multimodal imaging. Conclusions. OCTA revealed dark areas and dark spots, which were commonly observed. An abnormal choroidal pattern was also observed in one-third of cases, even when multimodal imaging did not evidence any choroidal neovascularization. Abnormal choroidal vessels should be interpreted with caution, and we could assume that this pathological choroidal vascular pattern observed in many CSC cases could be distinct from CNV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Paris Est Creteil, Intercity Hospital, 94000 Creteil, France ; Department of Ophthalmology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Eliana
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Costanzo
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Paris Est Creteil, Intercity Hospital, 94000 Creteil, France.
authors.forename: Salomon Yves
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Paris Est Creteil, Intercity Hospital, 94000 Creteil, France.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miere
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Paris Est Creteil, Intercity Hospital, 94000 Creteil, France ; Department of Ophthalmology, University Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Querques
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Paris Est Creteil, Intercity Hospital, 94000 Creteil, France.
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Capuano
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Paris Est Creteil, Intercity Hospital, 94000 Creteil, France.
authors.forename: Oudy
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Semoun
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Paris Est Creteil, Intercity Hospital, 94000 Creteil, France.
authors.forename: Ala'a
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Ameen
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Paris Est Creteil, Intercity Hospital, 94000 Creteil, France.
authors.forename: Hassiba
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oubraham
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University Paris Est Creteil, Intercity Hospital, 94000 Creteil, France.
authors.forename: Eric H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Souied