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- March 27, 2018 at 6:26 pm
To date, I have had three WLE for known cutaneous melanoma, all with clear margins. I was disturbed when my optometrist pointed out a "CHRPE", acronym for a congenital pigmented area on the retina, during a recent routine eye exam.
Prior to moving to Maine from Baltimore, my previous regular eye exams had been done by an opthamologist at the Johns Hopkins WIlmer Eye Institute; gievn the doctor's reputation, I believe he would have found this condition i a prior exam.
My understanding is that ocular and cutaneous melanoma are entirely different / unrelated, but would welcome insights from anyone regarding "chirpees" as these seem to be called.
Thank you
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- March 27, 2018 at 10:38 pm
I have had eye exams all my life where no ophthalmologist had ever mentioned CHRPES to me by after my melanoma dx a ophth.resident found them, sent me to a specialist who said I’d likely had them for a long time, they are harmless. I sent back a couple times to recheck and nothing had changed. CHRPES are a benign finding but certainly scary st first with a hx of melanoma!
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