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Published on: September 18, 2012
Color doppler blood flow analysis in circumscribed choroidal hemangioma
Lídia Guedes Bezerra1, Maira Saad de Avila Morales1, Maria Helena Mandello Carvalhaes Ramos1
1Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Purpose:
To evaluate if color Doppler can detect internal blood flow in circumscribed choroidal hemangioma.
Methods:
This cross-sectional study examined seven eyes of seven participants with circumscribed choroidal hemangiomas, with or without prior treatment. B-scan ultrasound and color Doppler were used to assess the dimensions, topographical distribution, and internal blood flow of the affected eyes.
Results:
The sample included seven patients (five female) with a median age of 61 (62.29 ± 13.83) years. There were seven eyes with circumscribed choroidal hemangiomas in the patient sample. Color Doppler detected internal vascular flow in all cases (100%). The lesions had an average diameter/thickness ratio of >2 mm and an average thickness of <5 mm and were predominantly located superiorly and supero-temporally.
Conclusion:
Internal blood flow was detected in circumscribed choroidal hemangiomas using color Doppler. Detection was unaffected by the patient's treatment status.
