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01-12-2015 | Case Report
Subretinal heterotopic respiratory epithelium: a case report and literature review
Authors:
Ting Zhang, Hong Lin, Zhanyu Zhou, Nianting Tong, Ying Li, Yu Zhang, Liangyu Wang, Fuling Liu
Published in:
Diagnostic Pathology
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Issue 1/2015
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Abstract
A 51-year-old female underwent vitrectomy surgery to remove a group of spherical subretinal tumors beneath the detached retina. Hematoxylin and eosin staining and immunohistochemical findings showed that the characteristics of the tumor were consistent with a subretinal heterotopic respiratory epithelium. This is the first report of a respiratory epithelial heterotopia located in the subretinal space.