Open AccessCarcinoma lung presenting with choroidal metastasis as initial presentation: A rarity
Author(s) -
Tapesh Bhattacharyya,
Rakesh Kapoor,
Amit Bahl,
Budhi Singh Yadav,
Usha Singh,
Kusum Joshi,
Swapnil Rane,
Sanjiv Sharma
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.119361
Subject(s) - medicine , bevacizumab , presentation (obstetrics) , metastasis , lung cancer , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , external beam radiotherapy , lung , case presentation , carcinoma , oncology , radiology , cancer , surgery , brachytherapy
Diminished vision due to choroidal metastasis as the primary symptom of lung cancer is very uncommon. Here, we report such a presentation in a 54-year-old male patient of small cell lung cancer. The outcome is usually dismal with this kind of presentation. The patient received systemic chemotherapy as well as intravitreal bevacizumab but with no improvement in vision. The patient had been given external beam radiotherapy and showed subjective improvement in his ocular symptoms.