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

• Main Authors: Brijesh Takkar, Shorya Azad, Jyoti Shakrawal, Nripen Gaur, Pradeep Venkatesh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
• Subjects: Blood flow in tumors; choroidal hemangioma; optical coherence tomography angiography; Sturge–Weber syndrome
• Online Access: http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2017;volume=65;issue=11;spage=1240;epage=1242;aulast=Takkar
• ISSN: 0301-4738; 1998-3689

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.