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Bilateral circumscribed haemangioma of the choroid not associated with systemic vascular syndrome
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EDITOR,
Circumscribed choroidal haemangioma (CCH)
is considered congenital, vascular, relatively rare hamartoma which
typically occurs as a localised, monolateral lesion in patients without other vascular malformation. This tumour generally is discovered in
adulthood and it is located in the macular area. CCH may be ophthalmoscopically confused with amelanotic melanoma, metastatic tumour, choroidal osteoma, disciform scar, serous detachment, and
central serous chorioretinopathy, but may be differentially diagnosed
with fluorescein angiography (FA), indocyanine green angiography
(ICGA),1-3 ultrasonography, and periodic
observation.4 The bilateral CCH localisation represents an
extremely uncommon condition which, in literature, has been only
reported in association with Sturge-Weber syndrome5 6 or
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome.7 To the best of our
knowledge, this is the first documented case of bilateral CCHs in the
absence of any other evidence of vascular systemic abnormalities.
CASE REPORT
A 81 year old white man was referred to our institution in June 1999 to
undergo conservative therapy because of
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