A case of central visual loss in a child due to macular cavernous haemangioma of the retina.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of retinal cavernous haemangioma localized to the fovea.


METHODS
Clinical examination, fluorescein angiographic study and magnetic resonance imaging are reported.


RESULTS
A 9-year-old girl presented with acute loss of vision in the right eye. Ophthalmoscopy showed intraretinal bleeding in the macula, while fluorescein angiography showed a lesion typical of a small cavernous retinal haemangioma, localized in the central macula. Family history was negative.


CONCLUSIONS
Central cavernous retinal haemangioma is a rare cause of central visual loss and should be distinguished from other retinal vascular abnormalities with more profound systemic implications for the patient.
Naftchi
Soheila
S
Eye Department, National University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Copenhagen, Denmark.
la Cour
Morten
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000473:pathology*; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014792:Visual Acuity