title: [Hamartoma of the optic disc in a 17-year old boy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hamartoma of the optic disc is a rare disease but a very important one for differential diagnosis with choroidal melanoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of a boy, 17, referred to the clinic with suspicion of intrabulbar tumor is presented. Basing on the clinical picture ultrasonography and fluorescein angiography studies, diagnosis of retinal and pigment epithelium hamartoma of the optic disc was established. Laser treatment was applied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During 4-year follow-up visual acuity and ophthalmoscopic picture of the lesion has not deteriorated.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005123:Eye / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D009898:Optic Disk; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Hamartoma tarczy nerwu wzrokowego u 17-letniego chłopca.