title: [Cholesterol granuloma of the choroid simulating a macular tumor].
abstract: METHODS
  We present a 76-year-old woman with a cholesterol granuloma of the choroid simulating a choroidal melanoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cholesterol granuloma in the choroid is a quite rare tumor with a characteristic histology of foreign body reactions surrounding cholesterol crystals.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital General, Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Asensio Sánchez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perna Monroy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pérez Alonso
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002784:Cholesterol; D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology*; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Granuloma de colesterol coroideo simulando un tumor macular.