Is this really a capillary haemangioma?
Periocular tumours in newborn babies are not uncommon and their diagnosis and management can be challenging. Capillary haemangioma is the most common of them and superficial ones are easy to recognise. Deep-seated (orbital) lesions can mimic various other orbital mass lesions - dermoid cysts, cellulitis, lymphangioma and the more serious rhabdomyosarcoma and neuroblastoma. A careful elicitation of history, physical examination, and appropriate orbital imaging (ultrasound for superficial ones and magnetic resonance imaging/angiography for deep-seated lesions) helps in the diagnosis. This is a brief report of a very large vascular lesion involving the lower lid with very atypical clinical features. The approach to diagnosis and successful treatment and the histological features are discussed.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male