Sub-Tenon's steroid irrigation for treatment of intraorbital capillary hemangioma
INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY, vol.13, no.4, pp.395-398, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 13 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 2007
- Doi Number: 10.1177/159101990701300412
- Journal Name: INTERVENTIONAL NEURORADIOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.395-398
- Inonu University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
A four-month-old male infant underwent sub-Tenon's steroid irrigation for treatment of orbital capilary hemangioma that was causing exposure keratopathy risk to the left eye from progressive proptosis. The temporal inferior sub-Tenon's space was irrigated with a mixture of triamcinolone acetonide (40 mg/ml) and betamethasone sodium phosphate (6 mg/ml) by a blunt-tipped sub-Tenon's cannula. We describe this procedure as irrigation because reflux of the mixture from the incision was permitted. Two weeks after treatment, a marked reduction of proptosis was noted. One month after treatment, the volume of the intraorbital hemangioma resolved significantly in MRI examination.