[Juxtapapillary capillary hemangioma and central serous retinopathy: description of a case with spontaneous resolution].

Abstract

CASE REPORT:

A patient presented with a unilateral decrease of visual acuity and was found to have a juxtapapillary capillary hemangioma by ophthalmoscopy (confirmed by fluorescein angiography) and atrophy in the retinal pigmentary epithelium with leakage points suggesting bilateral central serous retinopathy. Spontaneous resolution of the hemangioma, as well as the central serous retinopathy, subsequently occurred.

DISCUSSION:

The decrease of visual acuity in a patient with a juxtapapillary capillary hemangioma has been associated with complications from the lesion itself, but an association of central serous retinopathy, as a possible predisposing factor, has not been previously described.

• Authors: J Pareja, J Guzmán, M Cedazo, E Vleming, R Jiménez-Parras, M A Teus
• Journal: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia (Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol) Vol. 81 Issue 6 Pg. 337-40 (Jun 2006) ISSN: 0365-6691 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Hemangioma capilar yuxtapapilar y retinopatía central serosa: descripción de un caso con resolución espontánea.
• PMID: 16804778 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Fluorescein Angiography
• Follow-Up Studies
• Hemangioma, Capillary (diagnosis)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Ophthalmoscopy
• Optic Disk
• Retinal Diseases (diagnosis)
• Retinal Neoplasms (diagnosis)
• Time Factors
• Visual Acuity
• Visual Fields