2M.D. Asistant, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Kayseri/TURKEY
3M.D. Asistant Professor, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Kayseri/TURKEY
4M.D. Associate Professor, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Kayseri/TURKEY Purpose: To examine central choroidal thickness in eyes with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) and to determine the effect of disease activity to thickness using spectral-domain optical tomography (SD-OCT)
Materials and Methods: Fourteen subjects with CSC in active phase (16 affected eyes and 12 fellow eyes) , 12 subjects with CSC in inactive phase (24 eyes) and 20 subjects ( 40 eyes) with no retinal or choroidal disease, underwent SD-OCT testing with EDI technique.
Results: The choroidal thickness at the center of the fovea during the active phase in the affected eyes ( mean 505.2 μm), in the fellow eyes ( mean 447.3 μm) and during the inactive phase of the CSC subjects ( mean 399.5 μm) was significantly thickened compared with the control group (mean 287 μm; P <0.05).
Conclusion: Central choroidal thickness is thicker in all CSC subjects than in normal subjects. The activity of the disease may affect the thickness of the choroid.
Keywords : Central serous chorioretinopathy, choroidal thickness, optical coherence tomography