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Diffuse and Circumscribed Choroidal Hemangiomas in a Patient With Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Arch Ophthalmol. 1999;117:406-407.
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The Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare, sporadic neuro-oculocutaneous disorder, the clinical features of which may include facial nevus flammeus (port-wine staining), buphthalmos, epilepsy, mental retardation, and hemiplegia. The most frequent ocular manifestation of the syndrome is a diffuse choroidal hemangioma, in contrast to the well-circumscribed choroidal hemangiomas seen in patients without the syndrome. To our knowledge, we report the first case of a diffuse choroidal hemangioma in one eye and a circumscribed choroidal hemangioma in the fellow eye of a patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
Report of a Case.
A 3-year 8-month-old boy was first seen with a history of bilateral nevus flammeus involving the trigeminal regions since birth and was referred to our medical institution with a diagnosis of unilateral retinoblastoma. The child was noted by his parents to have an "in-turning right eye" since 2 months of age. There was neither history of eye pain nor photophobia. Visual acuity was 20/200 OD and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH;
George Alexandrakis, MD;
Ghassan J. Cordahi, MD;
Timothy G. Murray, MD
Miami, Fla
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