Infantile periocular haemangioma treated with two days in a week betamethasone oral mini pulse therapy.
A one-month-old male infant had a large asymptomatic, bright red swelling on the face with inability to open his right eye since birth. On cutaneous examination there was a large brightly erythematous, lobulated, soft plaque on the right side of the forehead of 12 cm x 10 cm, involving the right upper eyelid obscuring the visual axis and extending on to the right upper lip. Ocular examination revealed normal anterior and posterior segments. Computed tomography of head and orbit confirmed the diagnosis of capillary haemangioma. The child was treated with oral betamethasone 2 mg as the signal daily dose on the two consecutive days in a week. After six weeks there was 80% reduction in the size of the lesion and the right upper eyelid almost completely cleared the visual axis. In another six weeks, the improvement was more than 90%.
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Department of Ophthalmology, Lady Hardinge Medical College. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. kkverma61@hotmail.com
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005145:Face; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D001623:Betamethasone