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[Hamartoma of the optic disc in a 17-year old boy]
A Wieckowska1, A Napierała, M Starega
1Kliniki Okulistyki AM w Poznaniu.
Klinika Oczna
|March 1, 1995
Abstract
Background:
Hamartoma of the optic disc is a rare disease but a very important one for differential diagnosis with choroidal melanoma.
Methods:
A case of a boy, 17, referred to the clinic with suspicion of intrabulbar tumor is presented. Basing on the clinical picture ultrasonography and fluorescein angiography studies, diagnosis of retinal and pigment epithelium hamartoma of the optic disc was established. Laser treatment was applied.
Results:
During 4-year follow-up visual acuity and ophthalmoscopic picture of the lesion has not deteriorated.