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Ting Zhang1, Hong Lin2, Zhanyu Zhou3
1Department of Ophthalmology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, No.1 Jiaozhou Road, Shibei District, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Abstract:
A 51-year-old female underwent vitrectomy surgery to remove a group of spherical subretinal tumors beneath the detached retina. Hematoxylin and eosin staining and immunohistochemical findings showed that the characteristics of the tumor were consistent with a subretinal heterotopic respiratory epithelium. This is the first report of a respiratory epithelial heterotopia located in the subretinal space.
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