Orbital Apex Metastasis from Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: Acute Loss of Vision and Subsequent Recovery with the Radiation
| Autor: | Lauren B. Crawford, Sanjeev Sharma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity genetic structures Adenoid cystic carcinoma compressive optic neuropathy Oculus Dexter Metastasis medicine adenoid cystic carcinoma recovery of vision Compressive optic neuropathy business.industry General Engineering Anatomy Intensity-modulated radiation therapy orbital metastasis medicine.disease eye diseases intensity modulated radiation therapy Ophthalmology stomatognathic diseases loss of vision Oncology Radiation Oncology Radiology medicine.symptom business Orbital metastasis Orbital apex |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.1869 |
| Popis: | Orbital apex metastasis from adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is rare. We present a patient with known metastatic ACC presented with a rapidly declining vision with visual acuity oculus dexter (OD) equal to counting fingers at two feet. On imaging, she was found to have a right orbital apex tumor causing compressive optic neuropathy. She received the intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). After completion of the therapy, she had regained essentially a full vision with visual acuity OD of 20/30 without corrective lenses. The treatment rationale and pertinent literature are discussed in this article. |
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