Congenital simple hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium with depigmentation at the margin in an Indian female

• Main Authors: Tripathy, Koushik, Bandyopadhyay, Gopal, Basu, Koushik, Vatwani, Kishore Kumar, Shekhar, Himanshu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2019-06-01
• Series: GMS Ophthalmology Cases
• Subjects: congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium; CHRPE; Congenital simple hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium; CSHRPE; combined hamartoma of retinal and retinal pigment epithelium; CHRRPE
• Online Access: http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/oc/2019-9/oc000112.shtml

Objective: To report a case of congenital simple hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium (CSHRPE) with depigmentation at the margin.Method: Case report.Result: A 40-year-old Indian female was noted to have a small pigmented lesion with a depigmented margin toward the fovea in the right eye. The best-corrected vision was 6/6 in either eye. The optical coherence tomography revealed a highly reflective lesion at the retinal surface causing a shadow effect, suggestive of CSHRPE.Conclusion: Imaging features of a patient with CSHRPE with a crescent-like depigmented area at the margin are presented.