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Combined pigment epithelial and retinal hamartoma: long-term follow-up of three cases
Teresio Avitabile1, Livio Franco, Michele Reibaldi
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Background:
Combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium (CHR-RPE) is a rare lesion at the level of the RPE.
Methods:
We report 3 cases of CHR-RPE in otherwise healthy patients and discuss their clinical and instrumental characteristics at diagnosis and during follow-up.
Results:
The clinical characteristics are usually diagnostic; however, echography, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography are useful tools for appropriate diagnostic evaluation and accurate follow-up.
Interpretation:
Standardized echography is important in CHR-RPE's diagnosis because it permits exclusion of malignant lesions, preventing unnecessary enucleation, and is fundamental in follow-up.
