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Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:903-907.

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INTRODUCTION

Focal congenital anomalies of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) have recently been classified by Gass^1-2 into 4 categories: RPE hamartoma, combined RPE and retinal hamartoma, melanotic nevi of the RPE (congenital hypertrophy of the RPE), and amelanotic nevi of the RPE. Retinal pigment epithelium hamartomas are typically seen in the temporal macular area of normal children or young adults on routine eye examination and do not change in size over time.^1-3

Several complications resulting in visual impairment have been described in association with hamartomatous lesions of the RPE, the retina, and the retinal vessels. These have most commonly been noted in the presence of retinal capillary hemangiomas and include vitreous hemorrhage, intraretinal exudation, epiretinal formation and exudative, tractional and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.^4-6 Here we report 2 cases of incomplete avulsion of a juxtafoveal RPE hamartoma resulting in a prefoveal mobile tumor in one case and a full-thickness retinal hole in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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