title: Evolution of focal choroidal excavation underlying combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium in a child.
abstract: Combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a benign tumor seen mostly in children. Enhanced-depth imaging optical coherence tomography (OCT) of these tumors often shows an epiretinal membrane, tangential traction, disorganization of the retinal layers, and underlying uniform choroidal thinning. We describe the evolution over 9 years of focal choroidal excavation, a novel finding on OCT characterized as a "microstaphyloma," in a girl with combined hamartoma of the retina and RPE.
authors.affiliation: Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Meera D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sivalingam
authors.affiliation: Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Emil Anthony T
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Say
authors.affiliation: Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: carolshields@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carol L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shields
mesh_terms: D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D055213:Retinal Pigment Epithelium / Q000473:pathology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology