Imaging of the Natural History of an Orbital Capillary Hemangioma

Abstract

Purpose: To describe the natural history of capillary hemangioma. Methods: Case report. Results and Conclusion: We describe the imaging features of a capillary hemangioma of the orbit at presentation (computed tomographic scan done at 27 weeks) and after regression (magnetic resonance scan done at 9 years). The primary scans demonstrate the typical contrast enhancing lesion of the orbit, whereas the MR scan of the regressed lesion demonstrates a fibro-fatty lesion with some flow voids.

KEYWORDS:

• Capillary hemangioma
• orbital hemangioma
• proptosis
• computed tomography
• magnetic resonance imaging