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Risk factors identified for central serous chorioretinopathy

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Antibiotics, antihistamines, alcohol use, tobacco use, untreated hypertension and multisystem autoimmune diseases are all potential risk factors for central serous chorioretinopathy, according to a study published in the February issue of Ophthalmology.

Sean Koh, MD, and colleagues at Harvard Medical School studied 312 patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) and 312 patients with other ophthalmic conditions. The strongest associations of CSCR were with systemic corticosteroid use and pregnancy, according to a press release from the American Academy of Ophthalmology describing the study.

A “wide variety of new systemic factors are associated with CSCR,” the researchers said in the AAO press release.