Abstract
Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) refers to a flat, well-demarcated ocular fundus lesion with clinically normal overlying retina. Presumed to be congenital, CHRPE has been described in children as young as age 3 months.1Multiple pigmented ocular fundus lesions similar to those in CHRPE are often associated with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), with or without extracolonic manifestations, including osteomas, epidermal cysts, desmoid tumors, or malignant tumors of the liver, thyroid, or brain (Gardner's syndrome).2Familial adenomatous polyposis is an autosomal-dominant inherited disorder in which patients invariably progress to develop adenocarcinoma of the colon. Prophylactic colectomy is routinely performed. The presence of multiple pigmented fundus lesions is a highly specific clinical genetic marker in individuals at risk for FAP, with or without extracolonic disease.1 We report a case of multiple pigmented fundus lesions observed 32 weeks after conception in a premature infant with previously unknown
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