Data di Pubblicazione:
1990
Citazione:
Twin vessels in familial retinal cavernous hemangioma / F. Bottoni, M.P. Canevini, R. Canger, N. Orzalesi. - In: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. - ISSN 0002-9394. - 109:3(1990 Mar 15), pp. 285-289. [10.1016/S0002-9394(14)74551-9]
Abstract:
We investigated the presence of twin vessels in two patients and in four of their relatives at risk from one family with autosomal-dominant hereditary cavernous hemangioma of the retina associated with central nervous system involvement. Twin vessels were detected in four of the six patients examined. The proband had bilateral retinal vascular hamartomas with central nervous system involvement but no twin vessels. The proband's mother had vascular hamartomas of the retina and brain with twin vessels. In the other three family members, twin vessels were associated either with retinal cavernous hemangiomas (one patient) or with normal fundi (two patients). Because twin vessels may be an ocular manifestation of von Hippel-Lindau disease, their presence in one of our two patients and in the otherwise healthy three family members suggests that twin vessels may be associated with different retinal vascular hamartomas, including capillary and cavernous hemangiomas.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Pedigree ; Venules ; Humans ; Fluorescein Angiography ; von Hippel-Lindau Disease ; Child ; Hemangioma, Cavernous ; Hamartoma ; Adult ; Retinal Vessels ; Arterioles ; Female ; Male ; Retinal Diseases
Elenco autori:
F. Bottoni, M.P. Canevini, R. Canger, N. Orzalesi
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