Abstract

CHIANG RODRIGUEZ, Caridad; TOLEDO GONZALEZ, Yusimik; RUA MARTINEZ, Raúl  and  PEREZ PEREZ, Maritza. Therapeutic modalities for circumscribed choroidal hemangioma. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2010, vol.23, suppl.1, pp. 590-607. ISSN 1561-3070.

The circumscribed choroidal hemangioma is a vascular tumor of the choroid that can be seen either in its circumscribed form without systemic connection or in its diffuse form, generally associated with systemic diseases. In spite of their likely congenital origin, it is usually diagnosed late when the patient is 20 to 50 years-old and if the tumor relates to exudative retinal detachment, thus emerging the first symptoms. The incidence of the circumscribed hemangioma is difficult to establish, because many patients are asymptomatic and then they are not diagnosed; with respect to the choroidal melanoma, the frequency is 1 out of 15. The management of the circumscribed choroidal hemangioma depends on the presence of symptoms; but simple observation is enough for asymptomatic individuals. The objective of the treatment is the preservation or the improvement of the visual acuity, leading the reabsorption of the subretinal fluid and the resolution of the macular edema. There is no specific treatment at present for this disease; hence, a literature review of the therapeutic modalities with their advantages and disadvantages was presented in this paper.

Keywords : Hemangioma; choroid; tumor; hamartoma.

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