Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Autofluorescence, Enface and SLO-Retromode Imaging

The aim of our study was to investigate the clinical features of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) with autofluorescence (AF), retromode (RM), and enface imaging. This retrospective study was conducted at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome (Italy), between September and December 2022. Each patient underwent a complete ophthalmological examination, which included optical coherence tomography (OCT), enface image analysis, AF, and RM imaging. We further evaluated the presence and area of extension of serous retinal detachment and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) atrophy through AF, RM, and enface imaging. We included 32 eyes from 27 patients (mean age: 52.7 & PLUSMN; 13.3 years). The median AF area was 19.5 mm(2) (IQR 6.1-29.3), while the median RM area was 12.3 mm(2) (IQR 8.1-30.8), and the median enface area was 9.3 mm(2) (IQR 4.8-18.6). RPE atrophy was diagnosed in 26 cases (81.3%) with RM imaging and in 75% of cases with AF. No difference emerged between AF and RM analysis in the detection of central serous detachment in CSC. However, RM imaging showed a high specificity (91.7%) and negative predictive value (84.6%) to detect RPE changes when compared to the AF standard-of-care technique. Thus, RM imaging could be considered an adjunctive imaging method in CSC.

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The aim of our study was to investigate the clinical features of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy (CSC) using autofluorescence (AF), retromode (RM), and enface imaging. We conducted a retrospective study at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome (Italy) from September to December 2022. Patients underwent a complete ophthalmological examination, including OCT, enface image analysis, AF, and RM imaging. The study found that RM imaging showed high specificity and negative predictive value in detecting RPE changes in CSC compared to the AF standard-of-care technique.