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Oral Propranolol for Circumscribed Choroidal Hemangioma

2011

Introduction: Several therapeutic approaches have been developed to treat choroidal hemangioma. However, all these therapies are associated with a potential risk of damaging the overlying retina. Case Report: We report a case of circumscribed choroidal hemangioma (CCH) in a 59-year-old man refractory to laser treatment. Visual acuity was 20/200 and a serous macular detachment was present. The CCH was treated with oral propanolol, whereupon visual acuity improved to 20/20 and the macular detachment resolved without systemic or local adverse effects. Discussion: Propanolol is a β-blocker commonly used in cardiology that may induce endothelium vasoconstriction and inhibit endothelial prolifera…

medicine.medical_specialtyVisual acuityEndotheliumCircumscribed choroidal hemangiomaPropranololβ-Blockerlcsh:OphthalmologyOphthalmologymedicineCircumscribed choroidal hemangiomaAdverse effectRetinaEndothelial proliferationbusiness.industryβ-Blockereye diseasesSurgeryOphthalmologyPublished: February 2011medicine.anatomical_structurelcsh:RE1-994sense organsmedicine.symptombusinessVasoconstrictionmedicine.drugPropanololCase Reports in Ophthalmology
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