Vascularized solid iris lesion in a 3 year old child: 5 years of follow up.
BACKGROUND
Iris tumors are rare in young patients. When an iris lesion occurs in a pediatric patient, it can be difficult to classify because of the wide spectrum of iris proliferations.


METHODS
We report on an unusual case of a vascularized iris lesion in a three year old Caucasian patient, with no symptoms and no visual impairment. We evaluated in a 50-month follow up with non-invasive diagnostic tools in order to avoid eye biopsy.


CONCLUSIONS
We focused attention on the differential diagnoses and underlined the role of non-invasive diagnostic tools in a child to avoid or postpone the eye biopsy. We performed a review of the literature to identify the best medical practice in pediatric iris lesions with atypical characteristics.
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Ospedale Oftalmico, Via Juvarra 19, Turin, Italy. antoniomfea@gmail.com.
Antonio Maria
AM
Fea
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Ospedale Oftalmico, Via Juvarra 19, Turin, Italy.
Cristina
C
Briamonte
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Ospedale Oftalmico, Via Juvarra 19, Turin, Italy.
Vittoria
V
Aragno
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Ospedale Oftalmico, Via Juvarra 19, Turin, Italy.
Federico Maria
FM
Grignolo
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015811:Iris Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*
Anterior segment optical coherence tomography; Iris lesion; Pediatric age