TY - JOUR T1 - Cavernous haemangioma of the iris in a leprosy patient JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 608 LP - 608 DO - 10.1136/bjo.81.7.608d VL - 81 IS - 7 AU - GIGI J EBENEZER AU - EBENEZER DANIEL AU - CHARLES K JOB Y1 - 1997/07/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/81/7/608.5.abstract N2 - Editor,—Haemangiomas of the uveal tract are most frequently located in the choroid. Diffuse choroidal haemangiomas are seen generally in patients with Sturge–Weber syndrome (encephalofacial haemangiomatosis).1 Haemangiomas of the ciliary body are extremely rare.2 Haemangiomas of the iris are also rare, with an incidence of 2% in a series of 145 primary tumours of the iris.3Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease caused byMycobacterium leprae. A number of tumours have been reported in leprosy patients, some associated with the complications produced by the disease and some incidental.4-6 We report here an iris haemangioma that occurred in a leprosy patient. CASE REPORT A 45-year-old man presented in the eye clinic of the Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre in July 1993 with complaints of watering and pain in the left eye for 1 month. There was no history of any injury to the eye. The patient was diagnosed to have borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy 27 years ago. He was … ER -