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Episcleral infantile hemangioma successfully treated with topical timolol
Author(s) -
Ciudad Blanco Cristina,
Campos Domínguez Minia,
Moreno García Basilio,
Villanueva ÁlvarezSantullano Cándida Ana,
Berenguer Fröhner Beatriz,
Suárez Fernández Ricardo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
dermatologic therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1529-8019
pISSN - 1396-0296
DOI - 10.1111/dth.12173
Subject(s) - timolol , medicine , hemangioma , infantile hemangioma , propranolol , dermatology , ophthalmology , surgery , glaucoma , anesthesia
Episcleral hemangiomas are usually associated with neonatal hemangiomatosis. Recently, propranolol has been described for the treatment of this entity. We present for the first time a patient with an episcleral hemangioma without neonatal hemangiomatosis successfully treated with topical timolol.