Orbital hemangioma requiring enucleation in a premature infant

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2006 Nov-Dec;43(6):365-6. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20061101-07.

Abstract

A preterm male infant developed a rapidly growing, treatment-resistant orbital hemangioma. Despite aggressive management, the patient required enucleation of his right eye and image-guided ethanol sclerosis to limit tumor progression intracranially.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Eye Enucleation
  • Hemangioma / diagnosis
  • Hemangioma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature
  • Male
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Orbital Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome