COMPARISON OF CHOROIDAL THICKNESS AMONG PATIENTS WITH HEALTHY EYES, EARLY AGE-RELATED MACULOPATHY, NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION, CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY, AND POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY

• DOI: 10.1097/iae.0b013e31821801c5
• Publication Date: 2011-10-04T18:45:43Z
• Authors: Seong-Woo Kim; Jaeryung Oh; Soon-Sun Kwon; Junho Yoo; Kuhl Huh
• Keywords: Choroid; Age-related maculopathy

In Brief Purpose: To compare choroidal thicknesses among eyes with early age-related maculopathy (ARM), neovascular macular degeneration, polypoidal vasculopathy, and central serous chorioretinopathy. Methods: Patients (37 eyes), degeneration (24 vasculopathy (12 chorioretinopathy (31 eyes) underwent spectral-domain optical coherence tomography evaluations using a choroid scanning protocol. A horizontal linear section comprising 50 averaged scans was obtained of each macula. The thickness measured from the outer border retinal pigment epithelium to inner scleral border. Twenty-nine subjects healthy served as control group. Analysis covariance tests were performed evaluate effects various diagnoses on after removal variance (covariates = gender, age, refractive error). Results: Among different covariates, age associated (fovea: F 12.067, P 0.001). After controlling for differences, thicker in (319.92 ± 68.66 μm) (367.81 105.56 patients than controls (241.97 66.37 (186.62 64.02 μm). However, there no significant differences mean between (226.46 102.87 any other diagnoses. Conclusion: or groups. Choroidal varies diseases.