Abstract | PURPOSE: To report ophthalmologic and angiographic features of choroidal metastases from carcinoid tumor and analyze their common clinical manifestation. METHODS: RESULTS: Choroidal metastases were found as the initial manifestations of the malignant tumors on 2 patients whose initial and chief complaints were decreasing vision, their fundus lesions were mainly presented in the posterior pole and FFA showed high density of fluorescence of the lesions. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicated choroidal metastasis might be the first sign of metastases for patients with cancer. For patients with unknown metastasic cancers, examinations of the choroids may be useful for diagnosis and prognosis.
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Authors | Huaning She, Yuping Zheng, Xiaohua Wang, Yanlong Quan, Naixue Sun |
Journal | Yan ke xue bao = Eye science
(Yan Ke Xue Bao)
Vol. 20
Issue 1
Pg. 15-8
(Mar 2004)
ISSN: 1000-4432 [Print] China |
PMID | 15124527
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Breast Neoplasms
(pathology)
- Carcinoid Tumor
(diagnosis, pathology, secondary)
- Choroid Neoplasms
(diagnosis, secondary)
- Female
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
(pathology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prognosis
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