Orbital hemangioma requiring enucleation in a premature infant.
A preterm male infant developed a rapidly growing, treatment-resistant orbital hemangioma. Despite aggressive management, the patient required enucleation of his right eye and image-guided ethanol sclerosis to limit tumor progression intracranially.
Welch
Damon E
DE
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.
Ignatz
Mark E
ME
Sullivan
Sandra E
SE
Lessner
Alan M
AM
Peters
Keith R
KR
Levine
Lawrence M
LM
D015353:Eye Enucleation; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome