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Carcinoma metastatic to the anterior ocular segment: Response to chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Sierocki John S.,
Charles Norman C.,
Schafrank Michael,
Wittes Robert E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19800515)45:10<2521::aid-cncr2820451009>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - medicine , enucleation , chemotherapy , metastasis , complication , carcinoma , surgery , metastatic carcinoma , cancer , pathology
Metastatic carcinoma involving the anterior ocular segment is an exceedingly rare complication of disseminated malignant disease. Non‐surgical treatment is ineffective and patients may require enucleation for relief of pain. We describe a response to chemotherapy in a patient having a metastasis from small cell carcinoma of the lung to the iris. By one month following commencement of therapy, complete gross tumor resolution had occurred.