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A CASE OF CHOROIDAL OSTEMA

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Choroidal osteoma is a rare and benign osseous tumor that begins in adolescence age especially in young females and causes to decrease vision premanently in involved eye. CASE: A 16 year old female referred with decreased vision in her right eye. Visual acuity was countfinger= 3m in her right eye. Examination with indirect ophthalmoscopy revealed a yellow mass with distinct margins in macular area beneath the retina. Echography and fluorescein angiography revealed choroidal osteoma and treatment was not done. CONCLUSION: Choroidal osteoma should be considered in differential diagnosis of yellow- white macular lesions.