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- Title
Assessment of the anterior scleral thickness in central serous chorioretinopathy patients by optical coherence tomography.
- Authors
Fernández-Vigo, José Ignacio; Moreno-Morillo, Francisco Javier; Shi, Hang; Ly-Yang, Fernando; Burgos-Blasco, Bárbara; Güemes-Villahoz, Noemí; Donate-López, Juan; García-Feijóo, Julián
- Abstract
Purpose: To assess the anterior scleral thickness (AST) and describe the presence of a visible supraciliary space (SCS) in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) patients by swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). Study design: Cross-sectional comparative study. Material and Methods: Three groups were studied: 1) 64 eyes of 54 patients with CSC with persistent subretinal fluid (SRF); 2) 42 fellow eyes of CSC patients without SRF; 3) 65 eyes of 65 controls matched by age, sex and axial length (AL). The AST was measured in the temporal and nasal quadrants at 0, 1, and 2 mm from the scleral spur by SS-OCT. The presence of a visible SCS was also assessed. Results: No differences were observed in the AST0 among the three groups (p≥ 0.665). The temporal AST1 was significantly thicker in the CSC group (530.3 ±67.1 µm) than in the controls (505.5 ±73.9; p=0.041). Mean AST2 was also thicker in the CSC group and the fellow eyes both for the temporal (519.4 ±89.1 µm and 519.8 ±98.5 µm respectively) and nasal quadrants (564.2 ±124.9 µm and 570.5 ±131.0 µm) than in the controls (450.1 ±76.8 and 473.3 ±111.6 µm) (all p≤0.001). A visible SCS was detected in the eyes of 8 CSC patients, in 4 fellow eyes and only in 1 control eye. Conclusions: AST measured by SS-OCT was significantly greater in CSC eyes than in healthy eyes. Also, a visible SCS was detected in CSC eyes. Thus, thicker sclera in CSC eyes could be associated with the physiopathology of this disease.
- Subjects
OPTICAL coherence tomography; SCLERA; EXPERIMENTAL design
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021, Vol 65, Issue 6, p769
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10384-021-00870-4