Local steroid therapy in adnexal hemangioma.
Hemangiomas of the eyelid and adnexa in infants may require treatment if they threaten to induce amblyopia or motility disturbances. Four cases are presented that were treated with local injection of corticosteroids. Three responded favorably. Advantages over other modes of treatment are discussed.
D000550:Amblyopia / Q000150:complications; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014221:Triamcinolone; D001623:Betamethasone