Unilateral proptosis as the initial manifestation of malignancy
| Autor: | P.S. Ajith, K. Rakul Nambiar, Asha Arjunan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Biopsy Breast Neoplasms Malignancy lcsh:RC254-282 Metastasis Diagnosis Differential Lesion 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols Materials Chemistry medicine Exophthalmos Humans Breast Unilateral proptosis business.industry Middle Aged lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens medicine.disease Immunohistochemistry Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery Phenotype Treatment Outcome 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Etiology Orbital Neoplasms Adenocarcinoma Female Histopathology Radiology medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis Breast carcinoma business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, Vol 29, Iss 3, Pp 159-161 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1110-0362 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jnci.2017.05.004 |
| Popis: | Proptosis, a common sign with a broad differential diagnosis, is defined as anterior displacement and protrusion of one or both orbital globes. Patients can present with varying degrees of chronicity, visual loss and associated symptoms. The etiology of acquired unilateral proptosis is diverse, ranging from benign to life-threatening. The causes of unilateral proptosis include traumatic, vascular, endocrine, inflammatory, infective and malignant. Breast carcinoma is the most common metastatic cause of proptosis; however, proptosis has never been reported as the initial manifestation of breast carcinoma. Our patient presented with unilateral proptosis secondary to an intraorbital lesion and histopathology of orbital lesion was suggestive of metastatic breast adenocarcinoma. She was later diagnosed to have primary breast carcinoma. We present this unusual case of a 56-year-old woman who presented with proptosis as the initial manifestation of a metastatic breast malignancy. |
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