A case of central visual loss in a child due to macular cavernous haemangioma of the retina

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 550-552

  Naftchi, Soheila ^a   La Cour, Morten ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute visual loss; Cavernous haemangioma of the retina

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036773175     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2002.800518.x     Document Type: Article

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