Vascularized solid iris lesion in a 3 year old child: 5 years of follow up.
BACKGROUND
Iris tumors are rare in young patients. When an iris lesion occurs in a pediatric patient, it can be difficult to classify because of the wide spectrum of iris proliferations.


CASE PRESENTATION
We report on an unusual case of a vascularized iris lesion in a three year old Caucasian patient, with no symptoms and no visual impairment. We evaluated in a 50-month follow up with non-invasive diagnostic tools in order to avoid eye biopsy.


CONCLUSION
We focused attention on the differential diagnoses and underlined the role of non-invasive diagnostic tools in a child to avoid or postpone the eye biopsy. We performed a review of the literature to identify the best medical practice in pediatric iris lesions with atypical characteristics.
['Fea|Antonio Maria|AM|', 'Briamonte|Cristina|C|', 'Aragno|Vittoria|V|', 'Grignolo|Federico Maria|FM|']
D002675:Child, Preschool D003937:Diagnosis, Differential D005500:Follow-Up Studies D006801:Humans D015811:Iris Neoplasms D008297:Male D008545:Melanoma
Iris lesion Anterior segment optical coherence tomography Pediatric age