Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Analyzed by Multimodal Imaging.

Abstract

PurposeWe correlated quantitative fundus autofluorescence (qAF) with other fundus features in patients exhibiting central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).MethodsShort wavelength fundus autofluorescence (SW-AF, 488 nm excitation) was measured by qAF. Using nonnormalized images qAF values were calculated within eight concentric segments (qAF8) located at an eccentricity of 7° to 9°. Horizontal spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) scans and near-infrared fundus autofluorescence images (NIR-AF) were studied.ResultsThirty-six eyes of 20 patients (mean age 48.7± 8.5 years) diagnosed with CSC were studied. Thirteen patients had bilateral disease; four patients were female. In 22 eyes CSC was present in the macula; in one eye the lesion was in a peripapillary location, 10 involved both locations, and three were unaffected. Serous retinal detachment, retinal pigmented epithelial detachment (PED), outer retinal atrophy and subRPE hypertransmission were all features identifiable by SD-OCT. NIR-AF images were helpful in detecting foveal and parafoveal lesions. Sampling for retina-wide elevations in SW-AF intensity by measuring qAF8 did not indicate a generalizable relationship amongst CSC-diagnosed eyes. However, color-coded qAF images revealed alterations in SW-AF topography and intensity relative to healthy eyes at the same locations. Thus zones of higher than normal qAF intensity were found in association with SD-OCT detectable PED; loss of ellipsoid zone and interdigitation zone; and hyperreflectivity in outer retina. Pronounced decreases in qAF colocalized with serous retinal detachment and with outer retinal degeneration that included hypertransmission of SD-OCT signal into the choroid.ConclusionsLocalized elevations in qAF reflect increased bisretinoid in association with CSC lesions.Translational RelevanceFoci of elevated qAF at some stages of CSC contribute to the natural history of the disease.