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Congenital circumscribed choroidal haemangioma associated with infantile hepatic haemangioendotheliomatosis
  1. SAAD SHAIKH,
  2. STEVEN SANISLO
  1. Department of Ophthalmology
  2. Stanford University Medical Center
  3. Department of Ophthalmology
  4. University of California, San Francisco
  5. Department of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics
  6. Stanford University Medical Center
  7. Lucille Packard Children's Hospital
  1. JOAN M O'BRIEN
  1. Department of Ophthalmology
  2. Stanford University Medical Center
  3. Department of Ophthalmology
  4. University of California, San Francisco
  5. Department of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics
  6. Stanford University Medical Center
  7. Lucille Packard Children's Hospital
  1. DEBORAH ALCORN
  1. Department of Ophthalmology
  2. Stanford University Medical Center
  3. Department of Ophthalmology
  4. University of California, San Francisco
  5. Department of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics
  6. Stanford University Medical Center
  7. Lucille Packard Children's Hospital
  1. Saad Shaikh, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University Medical Center, Boswell A157, Stanford, CA 94305, USA saads{at}earthlink.net

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Editor,—Choroidal haemangiomas are vascular hamartomas that occur in two distinct forms, circumscribed and isolated, or diffuse, as seen in the Sturge-Weber syndrome.1 Likewise, hepatic haemangioendotheliomas are benign hamartomatous tumours composed of anastomosing vascular channels lined with endothelial cells. Infantile haemangioendotheliomas (IHE) of the liver are congenital lesions noted at birth or during the first 6 months of life. Hepatomegaly, congestive heart failure, and haemangiomas of the skin combine to form the classic symptomatic triad.2 To our knowledge, this is the first report of a congenital circumscribed choroidal haemangioma and the first noted association of a circumscribed choroidal haemangioma with a visceral neoplasm.

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A 3.75 kg male with an uncomplicated prenatal history was born at full term by normal spontaneous vaginal delivery. At birth, the patient was noted to have a single 1 cm diameter cutaneous haemangioendothelioma of his left upper extremity. There was no family history of …

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