• Title of article

    Bilateral diffue choroidal hemangioma with unilateral facial nevu flammeu in turge–Weber yndrome

  • Author/Authors

    Arezo Amirikia، نويسنده , , Ingrid U. cott، نويسنده , , Timothy G. Murray، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    362
  • To page
    364
  • Abstract
    PURPOE: To report bilateral choroidal hemangioma aociated with unilateral facial nevu flammeu in turge–Weber yndrome. METHOD: Cae report. REULT: A 6-year-old male with a left facial nevu flammeu and a hitory of a left cerebral angioma had been followed 2 year for increaing eotropia. Examination demontrated bilateral diffue choroidal hemangioma with overlying exudative retinal detachment. After bilateral external beam radiotherapy, the retinal detachment reolved and viion improved. CONCLUION: Patient with turge–Weber yndrome and unilateral facial nevu flammeu may harbor bilateral choroidal hemangioma. Clinical manifetation of the turge–Weber yndrome are characteritically unilateral and ipilateral to the facial nevu flammeu. Bilateral choroidal hemangioma aociated with bilateral facial nevu flammeu are rare.[1 and 2] We report bilateral diffue choroidal hemangioma aociated with unilateral facial nevu flammeu in turge–Weber yndrome
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2000
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    622961