Scleral Thickness in Steroid-Induced Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.

PURPOSE

To evaluate and compare the scleral thickness of patients with idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy (iCSC) and steroid-induced central serous chorioretinopathy (sCSC) using anterior-segment OCT.

DESIGN

Retrospective, comparative study.

PARTICIPANTS

One hundred ten eyes of 110 patients with central serous chorioretinopathy.

METHODS

We classified the patients into iCSC and sCSC groups and compared age, sex, spherical equivalent, axial length, subfoveal choroidal thickness (SCT), and scleral thickness. We measured scleral thickness 6 mm posterior to the scleral spur in 4 directions.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE

Scleral thickness in sCSC eyes.

RESULTS

We enrolled 96 and 14 eyes in the iCSC and sCSC groups, respectively. The sCSC group included a greater proportion of women than the iCSC group (42.9% and 13.5%, respectively;  = 0.020). We observed no between-group differences in age, spherical equivalent, axial length, or SCT. Univariate analysis revealed that the sCSC group had a significantly thinner sclera at the superior (423.4 μm vs. 346.6 μm; < 0.001), temporal (440.1 μm vs. 399.4 μm;  = 0.020), inferior (450.1 μm vs. 395.3 μm;  = 0.001), and nasal (436.6 μm vs. 391.9 μm;  = 0.002) points than the iCSC group. Multivariate analyses revealed that female sex (odds ratio, 4.322; 95% confidence interval, 1.025-18.224;  = 0.046) and mean scleral thickness (odds ratio, 0.972; 95% confidence interval, 0.955-0.990;  = 0.002) were significantly associated with sCSC.

CONCLUSIONS

The scleral thickness of eyes in the sCSC group was significantly thinner than that in the iCSC group. This suggests that the sclera has less involvement in the pathogenesis of sCSC than in that of iCSC.