Total for the last 12 months
number of access : ?
number of downloads : ?
ID 112309
Title Alternative
Choroidal Structure of CSC on OCT Image
Author
Sonoda, Shozo Kagoshima University
Sakamoto, Taiji Kagoshima University
Kuroiwa, Nobuhiro Kagoshima University
Arimura, Noboru Kagoshima University
Kawano, Hiroki Kagoshima University
Yoshihara, Naoya Kagoshima University
Yamashita, Takehiro Kagoshima University
Uchino, Eisuke Kagoshima University
Kinoshita, Takamasa Tokushima University
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Purpose
To determine the structural changes of the choroid in eyes with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) by enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT).

Methods
A retrospective comparative study was performed at two academic institutions. Forty eyes with CSC, their fellow eyes, and 40 eyes of age-matched controls were studied. Subfoveal cross sectional EDI-OCT images were recorded, and the hypo reflective and hyperreflective areas of the inner and outer choroid in the EDI-OCT images were separately measured. The images were analyzed by a binarization method to determine the sizes of the hyporeflective and hyperreflective areas.

Results
In the inner choroid, the hyperreflective area was significantly larger in the CSC eyes (35,640±10,229 μm2) than the fellow eyes (22,908±8,522 μm2) and the control eyes (20,630±8,128 μm2; P<0.01 vs control for both, Wilcoxon signed-rank test). In the outer choroid, the hyporeflective area was significantly larger in the CSC eyes (446,549 ±121,214 μm2) than the control eyes (235,680±97,352 μm2, P<0.01). The average ratio of the hyporeflective area to the total choroidal area was smaller in the CSC eyes (67.0%) than the fellow eyes (76.5%) and the control eyes (76.7%) in the inner choroid (P<0.01, both). However, the ratio was larger in the CSC eyes (75.2%) and fellow eyes (71.7%) than in the control eyes (64.7%) in the outer choroid (P<0.01, both).

Conclusions
The larger hyperreflective area in the inner choroid is related to the inflammation and edema of the stroma of the choroid in the acute stage of CSC. The larger hyporeflective areas in the outer choroid is due to a dilatation of the vascular lumens of the larger blood vessels. These are the essential characteristics of eyes with CSC regardless of the onset.
Journal Title
PLOS ONE
ISSN
19326203
Publisher
PLOS
Volume
11
Issue
6
Start Page
e0157190
Published Date
2016-06-15
Rights
Copyright: © 2016 Sonoda et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
EDB ID
DOI (Published Version)
URL ( Publisher's Version )
FullText File
language
eng
TextVersion
Publisher
departments
University Hospital
Medical Sciences