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Treatment of Deep Orbital Hemangiomas of Infancy
An Overview
Vikram D. Durairaj, MD
Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2006;8:217-220.
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INTRODUCTION
Hemangiomas are the most common benign tumors of infancy and the most common tumors of the orbit and eyelid in childhood. In one series, hemangiomas accounted for 1% of all biopsy specimens of orbital lesions in all age groups and 4% of all biopsy specimens of orbital lesions in children.1-2 Ophthalmic terminology often referred to periorbital hemangiomas as capillary hemangiomas; however, current medical literature classifies hemangiomas as superficial, deep, and compound. For periorbital tumors, superficial hemangiomas are anterior to the orbital septum, deep hemangiomas are posterior to the orbital septum and often cause a mass effect, and compound hemangiomas have both a deep and a superficial component. This article reviews the treatment of pediatric deep orbital hemangiomas.
Hemangiomas are benign hamartomatous growths composed of proliferating capillary units and endothelial hyperplasia. They are differentiated from vascular malformations, which are nonproliferating clusters of ectatic aberrant vessels or lymphatic . . . [Full Text of this Article]
CLINICAL FEATURES
INDICATIONS FOR TREATMENT
TREATMENT
Observation Amblyopia Therapy Corticosteroids Interferon Alfa Laser Therapy Excision
CONCLUSIONS
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Author Affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver.
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