EDITOR,—Circumscribed choroidal haemangioma (CCH) is considered congenital, vascular, relatively rare hamartoma which typically occurs as a localised, monolateral lesion in patients without other vascular malformation. This tumour generally is discovered in adulthood and it is located in the macular area. CCH may be ophthalmoscopically confused with amelanotic melanoma, metastatic tumour, choroidal osteoma, disciform scar, serous detachment, and central serous chorioretinopathy, but may be differentially diagnosed with fluorescein angiography (FA), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA),1–3 ultrasonography, and periodic observation.4 The bilateral CCH localisation represents an extremely uncommon condition which, in literature,has been only reported in association with Sturge-Weber syndrome5 6 or Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome.7 To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented case of bilateral CCHs in the absence of any other evidence of vascular systemic abnormalities.
BILATERAL CIRCUMSCRIBED HAEMANGIOMA OF THE CHOROID NOT ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC VASCULAR SYNDROME.
PERRI, Paolo;INCORVAIA, Carlo;PARMEGGIANI, Francesco;LAMBERTI, Giuseppe;SEBASTIANI, Adolfo
2001
Abstract
EDITOR,—Circumscribed choroidal haemangioma (CCH) is considered congenital, vascular, relatively rare hamartoma which typically occurs as a localised, monolateral lesion in patients without other vascular malformation. This tumour generally is discovered in adulthood and it is located in the macular area. CCH may be ophthalmoscopically confused with amelanotic melanoma, metastatic tumour, choroidal osteoma, disciform scar, serous detachment, and central serous chorioretinopathy, but may be differentially diagnosed with fluorescein angiography (FA), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA),1–3 ultrasonography, and periodic observation.4 The bilateral CCH localisation represents an extremely uncommon condition which, in literature,has been only reported in association with Sturge-Weber syndrome5 6 or Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome.7 To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented case of bilateral CCHs in the absence of any other evidence of vascular systemic abnormalities.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
