Author： Cloke Adam Lim Lik Thai Blaikie Andrew
Publisher： Informa Healthcare
ISSN： 0882-0538
Source： Seminars in Ophthalmology, Vol.28, Iss.1, 2013-01, pp. : 32-33
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Abstract
Capillary haemangiomas are the most common orbital and periocular tumors in children, typically presenting in infancy. Propranolol has recently been introduced as a novel pharmacologic treatment for infantile haemangiomas, after Leaute-Labreze and colleagues observed that two patients being treated for cardiac indications had rapid regression of their haemangiomas. We report a case of haemangioma, successfully treated with oral beta-blocker, in the context of a public eye clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first recorded instance of a capillary haemangioma being successfully treated with a systemic beta-blocker in Tanzania.
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