Presumed solitary circumscribed retinal astrocytic proliferation: a lesion that can regress

Abstract

Víctor Manuel Asensio-SánchezOphthalmology Department, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid, Valladolid, SpainAbstract: A 56-year-old woman had an yellow-white retinal lesion superior to the optic disc. Optical coherence tomography demonstrated the mass with a snowball configuration and smooth surface. Autofluorescence disclosed revealed moderate hypoautofluorescence. Ultrasonography showed no calcification. Visual field examination showed an enlargement of the blind spot corresponding to the predominantly superotemporal juxtapapillary extension of the lesion. Eight months later, the lesion spontaneously resolved. Presumed solitary circumscribed retinal astrocytic proliferation (PSCRAP) is a benign stable retinal tumor, but PSCRAP has been reported to resolve spontaneously here. It differs from other white or yellow-white lesions of the retina in important ways that enable the ophthalmologist to reassure the patient as to its benign prognosis.Keywords: presumed solitary circumscribed retinal astrocytic proliferation, benign lesion, astrocytes, acquired retinal astrocytoma, astrocytic hamartoma, spontaneous regress

Keywords

• presumed solitary circumscribed retinal astrocytic proliferation
• benign lesion
• astrocytes
• acquired retinal astrocytoma
• astrocytic hamartoma
• spontaneous regress.