Metastatic adenocarcinoma to the anterior uvea and increased carcinoembryonic antigen levels.
A 47-year old man developed chronic unilateral iridocyclitis with secondary glaucoma, and increased plasma carcinoembryonic antigen levels. The eye was enucleated seven months later, and histopathologic examination revealed a metastatic mucin-producing carcinoembryonic antigen-positive adenocarcinoma. The patient died one year after the initial onset of symptoms. The primary site of the tumor was not proven, but most likely was the gastrointestinal tract.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D014606:Uveitis, Anterior / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen