title: [Unilateral tumor of the iris].
abstract: We report the case of a 69-year-old asymptomatic woman who presented with the incidental diagnosis of a prominent, vascular, reddish tumor of the iris. The tumor displayed significant regression within months but reappeared years later with a similar morphology. Fluorescence angiography of the iris revealed a hypofluorescent area without intrinsic vasculature or prominent feeder vessels. In ultrasound biomicroscopy a solid, hypoechogenic iris mass was demonstrated most probably caused by varices of the iris which are a rare finding and difficult to differentiate from a cavernous hemangioma clinically.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Augenheilkunde, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Deutschland. antjepetersen@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ammermann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Platzeck
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoerauf
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D015811:Iris Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*