Congenital simple hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium: a case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Mariana Rossi Thorell¹  Vinicius Ferreira Kniggendorf¹  Luis Augusto Arana¹  Alexandre Achille Grandinetti¹ 

关键词: Hamartoma/pathology;    Retinal pigment epithelium;    Retinal diseases;    Congenital abnormalities;    Tomography;    optical coherence;    Case report;    Hamartoma;    Epitélio pigmentado da retina;    Doenças retinianas;    Anormalidades congênitas;    Doenças retinianas;    Tomografia de coerência óptica;    Relato de caso;   

DOI  :  10.5935/0004-2749.20140028

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We report the case of a 56-year-old woman who presented for a routine ophthalmological examination without visual symptoms and had a unilateral black retinal lesion that was detected by clinical examination. Fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography findings were compatible with a congenital simple hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium. It is very important to detect this tumor and differentiate it from other pigmented fundus lesions that can compromise visual function or result in systemic conditions such as those caused by malignant tumors.

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