title: Large benign de novo conjunctival hemangioma in an 11-year-old boy: case report and literature review.
abstract: Benign hemangiomas are rare vascular tumors of the conjunctiva that typically present clinically in the first few weeks of life and resolve spontaneously. De novo presentation later in childhood has not been well documented. We present the unusual case of an 11-year-old boy with a rapidly growing benign de novo conjunctival hemangioma that was treated with surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Kyle J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Godfrey
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Ratner Children's Eye Center at the Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinori
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Department of Pathology, VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Johnathan H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Vivian S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Ratner Children's Eye Center at the Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Granet
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Christopher W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Heichel
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Ratner Children's Eye Center at the Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California. Electronic address: srobbins@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Shira L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Robbins
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins