title: Choroidal neovascularization associated with choroidal hemangiomas.
abstract: Two patients with choroidal hemangiomas developed choroidal neovascularization. One patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome, a unilateral diffuse choroidal hemangioma, and a serous detachment of the macula was treated with yellow dye laser photocoagulation in a grid pattern to the tumor before glaucoma filtration surgery. Four years after successful laser treatment, the patient developed subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in an area of treatment. A second patient with a circumscribed choroidal hemangioma developed spontaneous subfoveal choroidal neovascularization 12 years after initial diagnosis of the hemangioma. The development of choroidal neovascularization associated with choroidal hemangiomas represents a potential cause of poor visual outcome in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ruby
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Jampol
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anderson-Nelson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000150:complications