title: Adenoma of the retinal pigment epithelium simulating a juxtapapillary choroidal neovascular membrane.
abstract: We report a case of an adenoma of the retinal pigment epithelium that clinically simulated a juxtapapillary choroidal neovascular membrane in a 60-year-old man. Fluorescein angiography supported the diagnosis of a juxtapapillary choroidal neovascular membrane in his left eye. After 13 years the lesion become slightly pigmented and the optic disc became swollen. The possibility of choroidal melanoma with optic disc invasion was considered, and the eye was enucleated. The lesion proved histopathologically to be an adenoma of the retinal pigment epithelium.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, 900 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Materin
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Eagle
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*