Combined pigment epithelial and retinal hamartoma: long-term follow-up of three cases

Can J Ophthalmol. 2007 Apr;42(2):318-20.

Abstract

Background: Combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (CHR-RPE) is a rare lesion at the level of the RPE.

Methods: We report 3 cases of CHR-RPE in otherwise healthy patients and discuss their clinical and instrumental characteristics at diagnosis and during follow-up.

Results: The clinical characteristics are usually diagnostic; however, echography, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography are useful tools for appropriate diagnostic evaluation and accurate follow-up.

Interpretation: Standardized echography is important in CHR-RPE's diagnosis because it permits exclusion of malignant lesions, preventing unnecessary enucleation, and is fundamental in follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hamartoma / complications*
  • Hamartoma / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Optic Disk / blood supply*
  • Optic Disk / diagnostic imaging
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / pathology*
  • Retinal Diseases / complications*
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Retinal Vessels / pathology*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Ultrasonography
  • Visual Acuity