hamartoma/edema

Nuchal vascular hamartoma was found in a newborn premature infant who presented with nonimmune hydrops fetalis, pulmonary hypoplasia due to bilateral pleural effusion and polyhydramnios in utero. The baby died 26 hours after birth despite maximal respiratory and circulatory support. Postmortem

OBJECTIVE Presumed congenital simple hamartoma of the retinal pigment epithelium (CSHRPE) is a rare intraocular finding that is described as a focal, nodular, jet black lesion. These lesions frequently occur at or near the macula and have no known association with changes in the surrounding

Although various conditions associated with non-immune hydrops have been reported, primary hepatic tumours are rare. As a mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver is a rare benign tumour, it has not been listed as a cause of hydrops. In this report we describe a case in which a large cystic mass in the

The purpose of this article is to report a case of retinal astrocytic hamartoma with an associated macular edema and the spontaneous resolution of the latter due to an increase in hamartoma calcification over a seven-year follow-up period. Clinical examination, red-free and colour fundus

Surgical treatment of hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) as the underlying etiology of gelastic epilepsy is associated with a high risk of complications because of the close vicinity of adjacent structures such as the optic tracts and mammillary bodies. Treatment with interstitial radiosurgery uses

Hypothalamic hamartomas often cause refractory epilepsy, best controlled with surgery. A transcallosal interforniceal approach provides good outcomes although it has resulted in some complications including fornix lesions with transitory and permanent memory losses.1-2 Endoscopic disconnection is

A case of splenic hamartoma arising from the upper pole of the spleen and presenting with upper abdominal pain, ascites and pedal edema is presented. Splenectomy was performed. The histopathology, revealed splenic hamartoma of pulposal type.

A 2-month-old white girl had a congenital, tan-colored, slightly elevated, 3 x 2-cm plaque on the left midback. Clinically, the lesion was suspected to be a solitary mastocytoma. Rubbing the lesion produced a transient erythema and edema that was similar to Darier sign seen in mastocytoma. Analysis

We present a case of angiomyomatous hamartoma (AMH) in the popliteal region of a patient with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome. A 14-year-old boy with a right popliteal mass and recurrent edema of the right leg was admitted to a local hospital where a diagnosis of Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome was made.

A 1-day-old male giraffe calf (Giraffa camelopardalis) was submitted for necropsy examination after sustaining postnatal head trauma from the cow. In addition to the expected findings of severe cerebral edema and epidural and subarachnoid hemorrhage, there also was present an incidental finding of a

OBJECTIVE To report on high-penetrating swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) imaging and enhanced depth imaging in an eye with presumed retinal pigment epithelial hamartoma . METHODS A 60-year-old man with presumed retinal pigment epithelial hamartoma underwent complete ophthalmologic