EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
Thomas A. Weingeist, PhD, MD, University of Iowa

Category: Retina
Diagnosis: Congenital Hypertrophy of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium = CHRPE lesions

Congenital Hypertrophy of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium = CHRPE lesions

Image Comments:

1) Gross specimen of CHRPE lesion.
2) Fundus photograph of classic lesion with areas of hyperpigmentation and lacunae or loss of RPE pigmentation.
3) H&E stain of area of lacuna
4) H&E stain of hyperpigmented RPE

Congenital Hypertrophy of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium = CHRPE lesions


Congenital Hypertrophy of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium = CHRPE lesions


Congenital Hypertrophy of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium = CHRPE lesions


 

 

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