Risk factors for posterior cystoid retinal degeneration in central serous chorioretinopathy.

Purpose: To identify factors associated with the development of posterior cystoid retinal degeneration (PCRD) in central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).

Methods: The authors retrospectively studied 51 eyes of 51 patients with chronic CSC and subretinal or intraretinal exudation documented by optical coherence tomography (OCT), and evaluated the association of hypertension, systemic use of corticosteroids, duration of symptoms, subretinal fibrosis, and large laser scars with the development of PCRD.

Results: Twenty-four eyes (47%) had PCRD and 27 eyes (53%) had serous macular detachment without cystoid retinal changes.

Posterior cystoid retinal degeneration in central serous chorioretinopathy.

Purpose: To study the pattern of cystoid retinal changes in the posterior fundi of eyes with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: We retrospectively studied 34 eyes with chronic CSC and cystoid retinal changes at the posterior pole documented by OCT. We analyzed the distribution of cystoid retinal changes with respect to the fovea and chorioretinal lesions.

Occult with no classic choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration treated by intravitreal triamcinolone and photodynamic therapy with verteporfin.

Purpose: To examine combined treatment with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) for occult with no classic choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration.

Methods: In this prospective, interventional case series, 11 eyes of 10 consecutive patients with occult with no classic CNV underwent a single injection (25 mg) of IVT followed 1 month later by PDT. Best-corrected visual acuity was measured by Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) protocol refraction.