title: Successful treatment of orbital hemangioma with propranolol in a 5-year-old girl.
abstract: We report a 5-year-old girl, who presented with proptosis due to an orbital capillary hemangioma. After 8 months of treatment with oral propranolol at a dose of 2 mg/kg/day, the mass reduced significantly in size and regrowth was not observed within 20 months of follow-up.
authors: Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Ophthalmic Research Center, Boostan 9 St. Pasdaran Ave., Tehran, Iran. maryamaletaha@lod.ir
authors: Maryam
authors: M
authors: Aletaha
authors: Hossein
authors: H
authors: Salour
authors: Abbas
authors: A
authors: Bagheri
authors: Nasrin
authors: N
authors: Raffati
authors: Nassim
authors: N
authors: Amouhashemi
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011433:Propranolol