title: Orbital hemangioma requiring enucleation in a premature infant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.
authors.forename: Damon E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ignatz
authors.forename: Sandra E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lessner
authors.forename: Keith R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: 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