Oral propranolol was efficacious in treating periocular infantile hemangioma, according to a study.
Nine infants with periocular infantile hemangioma were given propranolol for 2 to 12 months with doses increasing from 0.5 mg/kg/day to 3 mg/kg/day in the prospective interventional case series conducted at the ophthalmology outpatient service of HC-FMUSP in Brazil.
The treatment was efficacious at 3 mg/kg/day, both clinically and radiologically. Most patients reacted to the propranolol in the first 24 hours, with 88% seeing clinical regression. During the first 6 months of treatment, a reduction
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