[Choroidal metastasis as a presenting feature of breast carcinoma]

Rev Med Interne. 2007 Nov;28(11):790-2. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2007.05.016. Epub 2007 Jun 8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Choroidal metastasis is a rare presenting feature of breast carcinoma. A 48-year-old woman presented with blurred vision of the right eye related to choroidal metastasis. Diagnostic work-up disclosed breast carcinoma with multiple metastases of the liver and lungs. Initial cerebral computed tomography scan was normal. During the follow-up, generalized seizure leaded to the diagnosis of multiple calcified cerebral metastasis. In 15 to 30 percent of cases, choroidal metastasis reveals a solid tumor, usually of the lung or the breast. Cerebral metastasis are common in breast cancer, but rarely calcified.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Choroid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Choroid Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Choroid Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vision Disorders / etiology