A RARE CASE REPORT OF UNILATERAL CHOROIDAL METASTASIS SECONDARY TO CERVICAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 11
Abstract
AIM: To report a patient with unilateral choroidal metastasis secondary to cervical carcinoma. METHOD: A forty two year old female, a known case of adenocarcinoma of cervix was referred from kidwai institute of oncology with history of diminution of vision in her right eye past 15 days. On examination her right eye fundus showed choroidal mass with serous retinal detachment suggestive of a choroidal metastasis. Left eye was within normal limits. CONCLUSION: A cervical carcinoma metastasizing to the eye is very rare. Hence reporting this rare case of unilateral choroidal metastasis and serous retinal detachment in a Stage 4 cervical adenocarcinoma.
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Vidyadevi M, Divya Palaksha
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