title: Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium in the macula.
abstract: We describe a patient with congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) in the macular area of the right eye. The patient had no ocular complaints. Only relative central scotoma and a tritan opic defect were demonstrated in the affected eye, suggesting that CHRPE in the macula had hardly affected the function of the cones in the diseased area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishikatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiono
mesh_terms: D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D017949:Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields