title: [Clinical aspects and follow-up in astrocytic hamartoma of the retina and optic papilla].
abstract: The clinical picture and the results of follow-up examinations in 21 patients with an astrocytic hamartoma of the retina and/or disk are described. Fifty-one tumors were found; 7 of them (in 5 patients) initially appeared as homogeneous, whitish tumors, but later assumed a mulberry appearance. Follow-up in these patients was between 9 and 19 years. Depigmented lesions of the skin ("White Spots") were frequently seen at an early age and were especially helpful when a retinoblastoma had to be excluded in the differential diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D009898:Optic Disk; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Klinisches Bild und Verlaufsbeobachtungen beim astrozytären Hamartom der Netzhaut und der Papille.