A case of branch retinal artery occlusion following orbital cavernous hemangioma excision.

Purpose: To report the first case of branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) following surgical excision of orbital cavernous hemangioma.

Methods: A 34-year-old man was referred to our department with an orbital cavernous hemangioma compressing the optic nerve, the medial rectus muscle, and the eyeball, and resulting in a hyperemic optic disc, vascular tortuosity, and pronounced choroidal folds at fundus biomicroscopy. The patient underwent transconjunctival inferior orbitotomy and the lesion was excised entirely without intraoperative complications.

Outcome of 110 basal cell carcinomas of the eyelid treated with frozen section-controlled excision: mean follow-up over 5 years.

Purpose: To analyze the outcome and risk factors of recurrence in patients with basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) of the eyelid treated by en face frozen section-controlled (FSC) excision with a mean follow-up over 5 years.

Methods: This was a retrospective series of 108 patients with 110 biopsy-proven eyelid BCCs. All lesions were excised with 2 mm margins clinically free from neoplasia at clinical examination.