Abstract |
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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Authors | Mariana Rossi Thorell, Vinicius Ferreira Kniggendorf, Luis Augusto Arana, Alexandre Achille Grandinetti |
Journal | Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia
(Arq Bras Oftalmol)
Vol. 77
Issue 2
Pg. 114-5
(Apr 2014)
ISSN: 1678-2925 [Electronic] Brazil |
PMID | 25076477
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Female
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Hamartoma
(congenital, diagnostic imaging)
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Radiography
- Retinal Diseases
(congenital, diagnostic imaging)
- Retinal Pigment Epithelium
- Tomography, Optical Coherence
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