Open AccessMetastatic breast carcinoma of the orbit
Author(s) -
Jacobs Mark,
Benger Ross
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1989.tb00554.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breast carcinoma , eyelid , metastasis , carcinoma , adenocarcinoma , orbit (dynamics) , modified radical mastectomy , breast cancer , biopsy , mastectomy , radiology , cancer , pathology , engineering , aerospace engineering
Two Caucasian females in whom an orbital mass was the first sign of metastasis from a breast carcinoma are described. Each subject had undergone a radical mastectomy to treat a primary breast carcinoma, one six years and the other eight years previously. Each presented with ipsilateral proptosis, and restricted upper eyelid action; one had altered ocular motility. In each subject an open biopsy of the orbital mass via an eyelid crease incision revealed metastatic scirrhous adenocarcinoma of the breast. The clinical features, investigations, and treatment of orbital metastases from breast carcinoma are discussed.