title: Retinal hamartoma in childhood.
abstract: Characteristic clinic details of two children affected with pigment-containing tumefactions of the posterior pole are described. The lesion although provisionally regarded as hamartomatous can, as in these two patients, exhibit inflammatory signs which may suggest a reactive inflammatory pathogenesis. Most tests are non-contributory, but fluorescence angiography and electro-oculography are of value in differential diagnosis. The former investigation has indicated that the pattern and intensity of vascular leakage in the mass may change over a period of a year.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Dark
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Howe
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005911:Gliosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D031300:Retinal Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis