Intraocular Vascular Tumours

Vascular tumours of the eye include:

These are benign vascular tumours that can grow in the eye as an isolated condition, or as part of a systemic syndrome (von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome).
They cause problems when they leak and cause loss of vision.
If untreated, they can grow to large proportions causing further loss of vision and retinal detachment.
Management of this condition involves accurate detection of all lesions and treatment with a combination of LASER, intravitreal injection therapy, cryotherapy (freezing) and radiation therapy.

These are benign grape-like clusters of vascular growth on the retina.
They are usually non-progressive and rarely cause problems. In the rare occasion, they may bleed into the eye causing a vitreous haemorrhage.
A vitrectomy operation may be needed if the vitreous haemorrhage issevere and does not clear or is recurrent.

This is a vascular tumour that usually grows in the periphery of the retina.
They may occur as an isolated condition, or be associated with other coexisting eye conditions.
They cause visual problems by leakage that affects the macula (area of the retina responsible for central vision) or formation of scar tissue that contracts.
Treatment may involve a combination of LASER, cryotherapy (freezing), intravitreal injection therapy, radiation therapy or vitrectomy.

These are rare benign congenital vascular malformations that develop in the eye.
It may occur as an isolated condition, or be associated with a systemic condition (Wyburn-Mason Syndrome).
The malformation in the eye is usual stable and asymptomatic. Rarely it can cause bleeding into the vitreous (vitreous haemorrhage) that may require vitrectomy to clear.