Bevacizumab and External Beam Radiation Therapy for Diffuse Choroidal Hemangioma in Sturge-Weber Syndrome: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sturge-Weber syndrome, a congenital vascular disorder, is associated with diffuse choroidal hemangiomas in which the current mainstay of treatment is radiation therapy, including external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). The purpose of this case report was to present a novel combination of treatments for diffuse choroidal hemangioma.

Case presentation

A 37-year-old man with a history of Sturge-Weber-associated glaucoma presented with an acute-onset decrease in vision in the right eye. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) at the presentation was 20/400 in the right eye. Examination revealed a total macula-off, bullous, folded exudative retinal detachment and findings consistent with diffuse choroidal hemangioma. The patient was treated with a single injection of int

SUBMITTER: Yu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324206 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature