A Case of Orbital Cavernous Hemangioma in 2 Years of Age.

Kim, Chan Il; Lee, Tae Soo

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1991;32(12):1145-1148.
Published online December 1, 1991.

A Case of Orbital Cavernous Hemangioma in 2 Years of Age.

Chan Il Kim, Tae Soo Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

2 세에서 발생한 안와 해면양 혈관종 1 예

이태수(Tae Soo Lee),김찬일(Chan Il Kim)

Abstract

Cavernous hemangioma is cited as the most common primaly tumor occured in adults, This tumor has symptoms characteristically developing over several years with slowly progressive proptosis, eyeball deviation, hyperopia, and optic nerve corrcpression, The authors experienced a 2-year-old male patient who had complained of proptosis and displacement of the globe inferolaterally on his right eye since over the several months Excisional biopsy and histopathologic examination disclosed cavernous hemangioma, which had never been reported in less than 2 years of age, So we present our case with a brief review of the literature related to cavernous hemangioma.

Key Words: Cavernous hemangioma;Hyperopia;Proptosis