Autofluorescence characteristics of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium.
OBJECTIVE
To report the autofluorescence features of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE).


METHODS
Four patients with CHRPE were evaluated using autofluorescence in a camera-based system.


RESULTS
All CHRPE lesions studied had well demarcated borders and were hypoautofluorescent. Presence of a hypopigmented halo and lacunae did not alter the homogeneous hypofluorescence.


CONCLUSIONS
Hypoautofluorescence confirmed the known absence of lipofuscin in the retinal pigment epithelium cells of CHRPE lesions. Autofluorescence imaging may provide useful information in evaluating pigmented lesions of the fundus.
From the Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, New York.
Beatriz S
BS
Takahashi
Claudia
C
Bruè
Richard F
RF
Spaide