Commentary Open Access
Volume 6 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/ophthalmology.5.033
From observation to diagnosis: Implications of calcified sclero-choroidal choristomas in mosaic RASopathies
Brian M Grodecki1,2,3, Saipriya C Potluri1,2,4, Karl Olsen1,5, Amgad Eldib1,2,6, Hannah L Scanga1,2,6, Matthew S Pihlblad1,2,6, Ken K Nischal1,2,6,*
- 1UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, USA
- 2UPMC Children's Eye Center, Pittsburgh PA, USA
- 3Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia PA, USA
- 4Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia PA, USA
- 5Retina Vitreous Consultants, Pittsburgh PA, USA
- 6UPMC Vision Institute, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Corresponding Author
Ken K Nischal, nischalkk@upmc.edu
Received Date: June 30, 2024
Accepted Date: August 07, 2024
Grodecki BM, Potluri SC, Olsen K, Eldib A, Scanga HL, Pihlblad MP, Nischal KK. From observation to diagnosis: Implications of calcified sclerochoroidal choristomas in mosaic RASopathies. Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2024;6(1):1-5.
Copyright: © 2024 Grodecki BM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Choroidal choristoma, Scleral choristoma, Mosaic RASopathy, Children, Ras/MAPK, Scleromuscular calcification
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