Blood flow pattern in a choroidal hemangioma imaged on swept-source-optical coherence tomography angiography

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Nov;65(11):1240-1242. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_504_17.

Abstract

This report demonstrates the blood flow pattern in a case of choroidal hemangioma (CH) using swept-source-optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA). Fluorescein angiography, SS-OCT, and SS-OCTA images of a patient with CH were obtained using a standard protocol. The internal vascular pattern of the tumor was identified on both OCT and OCTA. Dark areas were identified in the CH. These were interspersed between areas of visible blood flow, as imaged on SS-OCTA. Peripheral vascular arcades were also identified within the tumor. SS-OCTA should be evaluated as an imaging tool to study the blood flow within choroidal tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Choroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Choroid Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Ciliary Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Ciliary Arteries / physiology*
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemangioma / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Regional Blood Flow / physiology*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence