title: Nine cases of cavernous hemangioma of the retina.
abstract: The findings in nine patients with cavernous hemangioma of the retina confirmed the accepted characteristics of this malformation. Clusters of dark-red saccular aneurysms within the inner retinal layers were partly covered by a white epiretinal membrane. There was no clinical or angiographic evidence of exudation from the angioma and there was no growth during a median follow-up period of 6.3 years. The size of the aneurysms, the extent of the lesion, and the associated venous malformations varied greatly from case to case. Fluorescein angiographic findings during follow-up periods of as much as 16 years suggested progressive thrombosis and organization of the angioma.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*