F401 Pigment Epithelial Hamartoma of Optic Disc

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Identifier F4_01
Title F401 Pigment Epithelial Hamartoma of Optic Disc
Creator William F. Hoyt, MD
Affiliation (WFH) Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, California
Subject Pigment Epithelium of Eye; Optic Disc
Description Optic disc tumor discovered incidentally in a 32 year old Asian woman who had no complaints about visual function in her involved left eye. Fundus slide shows granular elevation of left disc obscurring major disc vessels. Some of the granules has a shiny crystalline appearance. Near the vessel entrance there was some dense pigment. The granular tissue was slightly elevated and blurred the disc margins. Fluorecein angiography showed no evidence of leakage in the disc tissue. It was considered that this lesion had been present for all of the life of the patient. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: 2 slides - Pathology shows massive proliferation of pigment epithelium into the optic nerve. Second picture shows glial prolifferation on the optic disc, multiple drusen, or hyaline bodies and massive proliferation of pigment epithelium into the disc. (See descriptions in reference article.) Disease/ Diagnosis: Pigment epithelial hamartoma of optic disc
Date 2004-06-22
References Theobald Gd, Floyd G, Kirk Hq. Hyperplasia of the retinal pigment epithelium simulating a neoplasm: report of two cases. Am J Ophthalmol. 1958 Apr;45(4, Part 2):235-40.
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Type Image
Source 35mm Kodachrome slide; F4_01
Relation is Part of is part of: group F4
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: William F. Hoyt Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Hoyt/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 1960. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zs5t0z