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CHOROIDAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH SEROUS MACULAR DETACHMENT IN EYES WITH STAPHYLOMA, DOME-SHAPED MACULA OR TILTED
Anna C S Tan1, Suzanne Yzer, K Bailey Freund
1*Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; †LuEsther T Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan, Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York; ‡Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore; §The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; ¶Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska; **Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom; ††Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; ‡‡Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California; and §§Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California.
Purpose:
To study the relationship of choroidal abnormalities with serous retinal detachment (SRD) in eyes with staphyloma, dome-shaped macula, or tilted disk syndrome.
Methods:
Group 1, 28 eyes of 20 patients with staphyloma/dome-shaped macula/tilted disk syndrome associated with SRD was compared with Group 2, 30 eyes of 20 patients, with staphyloma/dome-shaped macula/tilted disk syndrome but without SRD. Radial and en-face optical coherence tomography and choroidal analysis were performed.
Results:
Group 1 had a thicker mean subfoveal choroidal thickness (161 μm vs. 92 μm, P < 0.05) and a greater variation in choroidal thickness (112 μm vs. 76 μm, P > 0.05) compared with eyes of Group 2. Focal abrupt changes in choroidal thickness were more commonly seen in Group 1 versus eyes in Group 2 (90% vs. 30%, P < 0.05) and this area of abrupt change was located within or at the edge of the SRD in 64% of eyes. Large choroidal vessels (pachyvessels) (82% located within the area of SRD) were always associated with the presence of SRD.
Conclusion:
An abrupt transition in choroidal thickness may be involved in the pathogenesis of SRD. In some cases, a radial scan pattern may better demonstrate mild SRD, choroidal contours and the focal choroidal variations than horizontal or vertical raster scan patterns.
