Current Therapeutic Approaches to Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy

Journal Title: TÜRK OFTALMOLOJİ DERGİSİ - Year 2019, Vol 49, Issue 1

Abstract

Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) is the second most common maculopathy after diabetic maculopathy between the third and fifth decades of life. CSCR is characterized by serous neurosensory retinal detachment occasionally coexisting with retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) detachment. CSCR usually has good clinical prognosis, often resolving spontaneously within the first three months. However, some patients may have recurrent episodes and chronic disease. CSCR can cause permanent visual loss due to persistent neurosensory retinal detachment and RPE atrophy, especially in chronic cases. In recent years, verteporfin-photodynamic therapy applied with standard and low-dose/low-fluence protocols, anti-vascular endothelial growth factors, glucocorticoid antagonists, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, and subthreshold micropulse laser with varying parameters have been investigated as treatment options. In this review, we evaluated randomized and non-randomized case series conducted after 2000 that included at least 3 patients with chronic CSCR over 3 months in duration who were treated with current treatment options for chronic CSCR.

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Samet Gülkaş, Özlem Şahin

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  • EP ID EP551125
  • DOI 10.4274/tjo.galenos.2018.49035
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Samet Gülkaş, Özlem Şahin (2019). Current Therapeutic Approaches to Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. TÜRK OFTALMOLOJİ DERGİSİ, 49(1), 30-39. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-551125