Choroidosis Centralis Serosa

Central Serous Retinitis

“…All patients of the latter group were over 50 years of age. Duggan (1942) too found the serious sequelae in persons over 50.…”

“…The various designations also reflect the different interpretations of its aetiology. I t has been called, among other things, retinitis centralis (Asayama 1892), central serous chorioretinitis (Masuda 1916), preretinal oedema (Guist 1925, chorioretinitis centralis serosa (Kitahara 1936), central angiospastic retinitis (Horniker 1929), idiopathic flat detachment of the macula (Walsh &-Sloan 1936), juvenile disciform degeneration (Verhoeff & Grossman 1937), retinal capillaritis (Baillart 1938), central angiospastic retinopathy (Gifford & Marquardt 1939), choriodosis centralis serosa (Duggan 1942), foveomacular retinitis (Cordes 1944), and serous disciform detachment of the macula (Maunzenee 1959).…”

“…Detailed clinical descriptions, accompanying materials of varying size, have been published by Oguchi (1922), Harrington (1944), Cordes (1944), Duggan (1942), Gifford & Marquard (1939), Bennett (1955), Mitsui & Sakanasi (1956, and many others. From the point of view of definition and differential diagnosis, the problem is mainly the relation to disciform macular degeneration.…”

“…I n his opinion it is identical with the disciform macular degeneration. According to Duggan (1942) there is only a difference in degree between disciform degeneration and the milder lesions seen in central serous choriodosis which is his term for serous central retinitis. Maumenee (1965) makes a distinction between a serous and a haemorrhagic type, stating also that a n originally serous condition may develop into a haemorrhagic one with a poorer prognosis.…”