Choroidal and cutaneous metastasis from gastric adenocarcinoma

World J Gastroenterol. 2013 Mar 7;19(9):1485-8. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i9.1485.

Abstract

Choroidal or cutaneous metastasis of gastric cancer is rare. Gastrointestinal cancer was found in only 4% in patients with uveal metastasis. Choroidal metastasis from gastric cancer was reported in two cases in earlier literature. The frequency of gastric cancer as a primary lesion was 6% in cutaneous metastasis of men, and cutaneous metastasis occurs in 0.8% of all gastric cancers. We report a patient with gastric adenocarcinoma who presented with visual disorder in his left eye and skin pain on his head as his initial symptoms. These symptoms were diagnosed to be caused by choroidal and cutaneous metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma. Two cycles of chemotherapy consisted of oral S-1 and intravenous cisplatin (SPIRITS regimen); this was markedly effective to reduce the primary gastric lesion and almost all the metastatic lesions.

Keywords: Choroid neoplasms; Neoplasm metastasis; Skin neoplasms; Stomach neoplasms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary*
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Choroid Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Choroid Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Cisplatin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Combinations
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods
  • Oxonic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Scalp / drug effects
  • Scalp / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tegafur / administration & dosage
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • S 1 (combination)
  • Tegafur
  • Oxonic Acid
  • Cisplatin