Open AccessRetinal Detachment Due to Choroidal Metastasis in a Patient with Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Ferhat Ekinci,
Ahmet Dirican,
Muhammed Altınışık,
Gülgün Yılmaz Ovalı,
Atike Pınar Erdoğan,
Gamze Göksel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
i̇zmir tepecik eğitim hastanesi dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1305-7146
pISSN - 1305-7073
DOI - 10.5222/terh.2021.08769
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , lung cancer , adenocarcinoma , lung , retinal detachment , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , presentation (obstetrics) , retinal , radiology , pathology , ophthalmology , paleontology , biology
Some of the lung cancers are diagnosed at metastatic stage and symptomatic ocular metastasis is very rare. Therefore, eye examination and orbital imaging are not routinely performed in lung cancer staging. Retinal detachment was detected in our patient who had visual loss in the left eye. In the imaging, choroidal metastasis was seen and the diagnosis of underlying lung adenocarcinoma was thought to be related. It is a rare presentation in the presence of eye-related symptoms that provides dramatic improvement in quality of life with early diagnosis and therefore should be kept in mind.