Unilateral tumor of the iris
2011 | journal article. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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- Authors
- Ammermann, Antje; Platzeck, H.; Hoerauf, Hans
- Abstract
- We report the case of a 69-year-old asymptomatic woman who presented with the incidental diagnosis of a prominent, vascular, reddish tumor of the iris. The tumor displayed significant regression within months but reappeared years later with a similar morphology. Fluorescence angiography of the iris revealed a hypofluorescent area without intrinsic vasculature or prominent feeder vessels. In ultrasound biomicroscopy a solid, hypoechogenic iris mass was demonstrated most probably caused by varices of the iris which are a rare finding and difficult to differentiate from a cavernous hemangioma clinically.
- Issue Date
- 2011
- Status
- published
- Publisher
- Springer
- Journal
- Der Ophthalmologe
- ISSN
- 0941-293X