Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 40-44, January 2009

Coexistence of Optic Nerve Head Drusen and Combined Hamartoma of the Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium in a Taiwanese Male

  • Yo-Chen Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Rong-Kung Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Rong-Kung Tsai, Department of Ophthalmology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Tzu Chi University, No. 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien 970, Taiwan

Received 12 February 2008; accepted 28 April 2008.

Article Outline

We report the case of a 38-year-old male patient with a 1-year history of progressively blurred vision in his left eye. He visited our clinic and underwent a series of ophthalmologic examinations including computed tomography, fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography. The final diagnosis was optic nerve head drusen and combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium in his left eye.

Key Words:  combined hamartoma , optic nerve head drusen , retinal pigment epithelium

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PII: S1607-551X(09)70039-7

doi:10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70039-7

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 40-44, January 2009

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