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Cavernous hemangioma of the optic disk
Marios P Giannakopoulos1, Panagiotis Vasilakis, Ephegenia K Mela
1From the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Purpose:
To report a case of an unusually large cavernous hemangioma of the optic disk.
Method:
Case report with funduscopic, fluorescein angiography, and magnetic resonance imaging correlations. A 20-year-old woman with no ocular or systemic history was diagnosed with cavernous hemangioma of the optic disk in a routine eye examination.
Results:
Fundus examination revealed an extremely large cavernous hemangioma of the optic disk, almost 4.5 disk diameter. Fluorescein angiography showed delayed filling of the lesion with intravascular plasma-erythrocyte separation and no leakage. No systemic involvement was found.
Conclusion:
This case represents an atypical presentation of cavernous hemangioma of the optic disk, among the largest reported in the literature. After a 5-year follow up period, no change has been documented.
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