Presumed acquired retinal hemangiomas.

Abstract

This paper presents the clinical findings in 12 patients with a peculiar vascular mass of the sensory retina. On the basis of ophthalmoscopy, fluorescein angiography, ultrasonography and other studies, the authors presume that the described lesion is a primary acquired benign vascular tumor, most likely a variant of capillary hemangioma. The features that seem to differentiate clinically this lesion from von Hippel's retinal angiomatosis, other ocular tumors, and pseudotumors are discussed and therapeutic recommendations are presented.

• Authors: J A Shields, W L Decker, G E Sanborn, J J Augsburger, R E Goldberg
• Journal: Ophthalmology (Ophthalmology) Vol. 90 Issue 11 Pg. 1292-300 (Nov 1983) ISSN: 0161-6420 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6664668 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Eye Neoplasms (diagnosis)
• Female
• Fluorescein Angiography
• Hemangioma (diagnosis)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Retinal Diseases (diagnosis)
• Retinal Vessels
• Ultrasonography
• von Hippel-Lindau Disease (diagnosis)