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Metastatic breast cancer to anterior chamber of eye: case report and discussion

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The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Intraocular metastases are the most common malignancies of the eye. Carcinoma of the breast is the most common malignancy to metastasize to the uvea usually posterior uvea. Anterior chamber metastasis is extremely rare. We describe a patient of breast cancer who presented with pain and impaired vision in right eye 8.5 months after metastasis to bone and other viscera were detected and more than 10 years after her primary disease was diagnosed. Multiple yellowish white deposits were noted scattered in anterior chamber giving rise to symptoms of acute narrow angle glaucoma. Metastatic deposits of duct cell carcinoma cells were found by fine needle aspiration cytology. Patient received local external beam radiotherapy to right eye with moderate improvement in her symptoms. The rare features in this case were clinical presentation of acute glaucoma and anterior chamber as the site of metastasis.

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  1. Department of Medical Oncology, S.K.I.M.S, Soura, Srinagar, India

    Vimal Pandita & Sheikh Aejaz Aziz

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, G.M.C, Srinagar, India

    Tariq Qureshi

  3. Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, S.K.I.M.S, Soura, Srinagar, India

    Jyoti Raina

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Pandita, V., Aziz, S.A., Qureshi, T. et al. Metastatic breast cancer to anterior chamber of eye: case report and discussion. Chin. -Ger. J. Clin. Oncol. 10, 491–493 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10330-011-0804-9

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