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Indocyanine green angiography in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy

Urszula Gajdzik-Gajdecka, Mariola Dorecka, Ewa Nita, Anna Michalska, Joanna Miniewicz-Kurowska, Wanda Romaniuk

Med Sci Monit 2012; 18(2): CR51-57

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.882455

Published: 2012-02-01


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.
    Material/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.

Keywords: Tomography, Optical Coherence, Middle Aged, Male, Indocyanine Green, Humans, Female, Central Serous Chorioretinopathy - physiopathology, Angiography, Aged, Tonometry, Ocular, Visual Acuity



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