Cavernous Hemangioma of the Retina Associated with Intracerebral in 33-yearsFollow-up (Case report)

Overview

Cavernous hemangioma of the retina is congenital, mostly unilateral lesion, withautosomal dominant transmission. Usually can be easily recognized by its char-acteristic appearance of cluster of dark-red saccular aneurysms, partly coveredby a fine glial membrane. It may be associated with similar lesions of the skin,brain and other organs. A 23-year-old patient with cavernous hemangioma of theretina, who preventively underwent argon laser therapy has been followed up inour department. During the observation no symptomatic ocular hemorrhageoccurred. We presuppose that a preventive laser treatment forestalled a possibleretinal and vitreous bleeding. However, in a long-term follow up we have detectedslowly growing number of retinal hemangiomas. Patient’s life is hardly damagedby complications of cavernous hemangioma of the brain. Because of autosomaldominant transmission all family members, with and without fundus findings,should undergo computed tomography or magnetic resonance imagining of thebrain to preclude intracranial vascular anomaly.

Key words:
cavernous hemangioma of the retina, intracranial vascular anomaly,argon laser therapy