Bilateral choroidal metastases secondary to uterocervical carcinoma of the squamous cell type - 05/09/11

Doi : 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00590-0

Kenji Inoue, MD ^a,⁎ , Jiro Numaga, MD ^a, Yuichi Kaji, MD ^d, Junko Toda, MD ^a, Satoshi Kato, MD ^a, Masahiko Sakurai, MD ^a, Makoto Ikeda, MD ^b, Noriko Motoi, MD ^c, Toshikazu Murakami, MD ^c, Yujiro Fujino, MD ^a
^a Department of Ophthalmology (K.I., J.N., J.T., S.K., M.S., Y.F.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo Branch Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
^b Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (M.I.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo Branch Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
^c Department of Pathology (N.M., T.M.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo Branch Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
^d Department of Ophthalmology (Y.K.), University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

^*Inquiries to Kenji Inoue, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo Branch Hospital, 3-28-6 Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8688, Japan; fax: +81-3-3943-3749

Abstract

PURPOSE: To report a patient with bilateral choroidal metastases secondary to uterocervical carcinoma of the squamous cell type.

METHODS: Case report.

RESULTS: A 55-year-old woman complained of visual field loss and decreasing vision. Seven months earlier, uterocervical carcinoma of the squamous cell type was diagnosed and treated with chemotherapy and irradiation. Serous retinal detachment and choroidal masses were present in both eyes. Retinal detachment was lessened in both eyes after radiotherapy. The patient died of respiratory insufficiency 3 months after the appearance of choroidal metastases. At autopsy, there was no second cancer to cause the choroidal metastases. Tumor embolization was present in the choriocapillaries.

CONCLUSION: Choroidal metastasis may develop from hematogenous spread of uterocervical squamous cell carcinoma.

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Vol 130 - N° 5

P. 682-684 - novembre 2000 Retour au numéro

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