Is systemic infliximab therapy effective for retinal cavernous hemangioma?

A 10-month-old infant with the diagnosis of retinal cavernous hemangioma involving the macula presented with an outward deviation of the right eye that has been noticed by her parents. Examination revealed a clearing vitreous hemorrhage, and grape-like clusters filled with blood in the posterior pol...

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Autores principales: Alsulaiman, Sulaiman M., Abouammoh, Marwan A., Al-Dahmash, Saad A., Abu El-Asrar, Ahmed M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4362152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25228188
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author Alsulaiman, Sulaiman M.
Abouammoh, Marwan A.
Al-Dahmash, Saad A.
Abu El-Asrar, Ahmed M.
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description A 10-month-old infant with the diagnosis of retinal cavernous hemangioma involving the macula presented with an outward deviation of the right eye that has been noticed by her parents. Examination revealed a clearing vitreous hemorrhage, and grape-like clusters filled with blood in the posterior pole. After 4 cycles of intravenous infliximab over the period of 3 months, no evident change was noted on the size of the cavernous hemangioma.
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spelling pubmed-43621522015-03-19 Is systemic infliximab therapy effective for retinal cavernous hemangioma? Alsulaiman, Sulaiman M. Abouammoh, Marwan A. Al-Dahmash, Saad A. Abu El-Asrar, Ahmed M. Saudi Med J Case Report A 10-month-old infant with the diagnosis of retinal cavernous hemangioma involving the macula presented with an outward deviation of the right eye that has been noticed by her parents. Examination revealed a clearing vitreous hemorrhage, and grape-like clusters filled with blood in the posterior pole. After 4 cycles of intravenous infliximab over the period of 3 months, no evident change was noted on the size of the cavernous hemangioma. Saudi Medical Journal 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4362152/ /pubmed/25228188 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Is systemic infliximab therapy effective for retinal cavernous hemangioma?
title Is systemic infliximab therapy effective for retinal cavernous hemangioma?
title_full Is systemic infliximab therapy effective for retinal cavernous hemangioma?
title_fullStr Is systemic infliximab therapy effective for retinal cavernous hemangioma?
title_full_unstemmed Is systemic infliximab therapy effective for retinal cavernous hemangioma?
title_short Is systemic infliximab therapy effective for retinal cavernous hemangioma?
title_sort is systemic infliximab therapy effective for retinal cavernous hemangioma?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4362152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25228188
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