CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA OF ORBIT

Cavernous hemangioma of the orbit are hamartomatous, vascular lesions, more frequent in middle aged women. They represent the most common benign primitive neoplasm of the orbit. They usually involve large groupings of blood vessels and can be removed with surgery with high risk due to locations near vital arteries. They also create blood clots that use so many platelets that the bone marrow can not keep up the production for the demand. Oral steroids can be used to reduce the size of these growths, but for serious cases surgery is the primary choice.