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REGIONAL SCLERAL THICKNESS AS A RISK FACTOR FOR CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY
Purpose:
To evaluate regional sclera thicknesses as possible risk factors for central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).
Methods:
Patients with CSC and controls were evaluated with contact B-scan ultrasonography using a 20 Mhz concentric phased array ultrasound unit and enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography to measure the scleral thickness at the equator and posterior pole. The resultant data were evaluated using univariate analysis and generalized estimating equations.
Results:
There were 40 patients with CSC with a mean age of 58 years and 23 controls with a mean age of 60.7 years (P = 0.31). The mean subfoveal scleral thicknesses were 1.3 mm in the CSC group and 0.86 mm in the control group (P