[Choroidal metastasis after a bronchial carcinoid tumor]

Oftalmologia. 1994 Oct-Dec;38(4):308-13.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

59-year-old patient present at the left eye a symptomatic retinal detachment, angiofluorographic and ultrasonographical confirmed. The histopathological exam, made after the globe enucleation, revealed a tumoural formation having the structure of the squamocellular carcinoma. The general clinical investigations showed neoplastic lesions at the level of the right lung. The patient was directed to the oncology department with the diagnosis of choroidal metastasis at the left eye, after bronchial carcinoid tumour.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bronchial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Carcinoid Tumor / pathology*
  • Choroid / pathology
  • Choroid Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Choroid Neoplasms / pathology
  • Choroid Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Choroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Eye Enucleation
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged