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PUZZLER Infant's growing birthmark causes blurry vision
Jina Chung, BS, MS4
Bernard A Cohen, MD

THE CASE
You are asked to see a healthy 3-month-old boy with a rapidly growing lump on his left upper eyelid. At birth there was a red macule that was diagnosed as a small port-wine birthmark. The infant was seen by a pediatric ophthalmologist who noted significant astigmatism of the left eye.

 
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