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Prevalence and clinical features of orbital vascular anomalies in children. Orbit 2023 Dec;42(6):598-602

Date

01/17/2023

Pubmed ID

36644978

Pubmed Central ID

PMC10691662

DOI

10.1080/01676830.2023.2166081

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85146397355 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)

Abstract

PURPOSE: To report the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and natural history of orbital vascular anomalies diagnosed among children over a 50-year period.

METHODS: The medical records of all patients <19 years diagnosed with any form of an orbital vascular anomaly (OVA) at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota from January 1 1966, through December 31 2015, were retrospectively reviewed.

RESULTS: A total of 109 children were diagnosed with OVA during the 50-year period, of which 24 were from Olmsted County, MN, yielding a birth prevalence of 1 in 4,305 live births. The median age at diagnosis for the 109 patients was 1.2 years (range, 0-17.9 years) and 67 (61.5%) were female. Common presenting symptoms included proptosis in 80 (73.4%) patients, abnormalities in skin color in 45 (41.3%) patients, and pain in 18 (16.5%) patients. There were 55 (50.5%) vascular malformations [50 (91%) low-flow lymphatic malformations, 3 (5.5%) high-flow arteriovenous malformations, and 2 (3.5%) low-flow venous malformations] and 54 (49.5%) vascular tumors [53 (98%) capillary hemangiomas and 1 (2%) kaposiform hemangioendothelioma]. During a mean follow-up of 5.95 years (range 0-27.7 years), amblyopia and/or strabismus were diagnosed in 46 (43.4%) patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Capillary hemangiomas and low-flow lymphatic malformations comprise most of the orbital vascular anomalies in this cohort of children. Amblyopia and strabismus are common sequelae, highlighting the importance of early diagnosis and appropriate management.

Author List

Torrado-Cobian LA, Griepentrog GJ, Hodge DO, Mohney BG

Author

Gregory J. Griepentrog MD Associate Professor in the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Amblyopia
Child
Female
Hemangioma, Capillary
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Strabismus
Vascular Malformations