title: Congenital simple hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium: a case report.
abstract: We report the case of a 56-year-old woman who presented for a routine ophthalmological examination without visual symptoms and had a unilateral black retinal lesion that was detected by clinical examination. Fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography findings were compatible with a congenital simple hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium. It is very important to detect this tumor and differentiate it from other pigmented fundus lesions that can compromise visual function or result in systemic conditions such as those caused by malignant tumors.
authors: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Florida, United States of America.
authors: Mariana Rossi
authors: MR
authors: Thorell
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors: Vinicius Ferreira
authors: VF
authors: Kniggendorf
authors: Hospital de Olhos do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors: Luis Augusto
authors: LA
authors: Arana
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors: Alexandre Achille
authors: AA
authors: Grandinetti
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D055213:Retinal Pigment Epithelium; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence