[Combined hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium and retina: case report]

R Joubert; N Bonnin; F Chiambaretta; F Bacin

doi:10.1016/j.jfo.2013.03.001

[Combined hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium and retina: case report]

J Fr Ophtalmol. 2013 Jun;36(6):533-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jfo.2013.03.001. Epub 2013 Apr 22.

[Article in French]

Authors

R Joubert¹, N Bonnin, F Chiambaretta, F Bacin

Affiliation

¹ Service d'ophtalmologie, pôle médecine interne-ophtalmologie-ORL, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, 58, rue Montalembert, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France.

PMID: 23618734
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2013.03.001

Abstract

We report the case of a 19-year-old woman with a combined hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium and retina incidentally discovered during her first eye exam. By way of this case, we describe and illustrate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the condition and its potential complications.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Female
Fluorescein Angiography
Hamartoma / diagnosis*
Hamartoma / pathology
Humans
Retinal Diseases / diagnosis*
Retinal Diseases / pathology
Retinal Pigment Epithelium / pathology*
Young Adult