title: Camera artifacts producing the false impression of growth of choroidal melanocytic lesions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a camera artifact that masks portions of pigmented lesions while preserving overlying retinal details.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cases collected from the authors' clinical practice were identified during review of fundus photos. An attempt was made to reproduce the artifact in a normal eye.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three cases were identified that demonstrated this artifact.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Off-axis color photos can produce a reddish artifact that may blend imperceptibly with the surrounding retinal appearance and filter visualization of melanocytic pigment. This can mask a portion of a pigmented lesion and later may create a false impression of a larger lesion.
authors.affiliation: retinasf@aol.com
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: H Richard
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Everett
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jumper
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology*; D010781:Photography