Carcinoma metastatic to the eye.
Cancer is a leading cause of death in America. Cancer to the eye is being diagnosed with increasing frequency. It is now considered the most common intraocular malignancy in adults. Although most ocular metastases do not require treatment, they have important prognostic implications for the patient's overall survival. Diagnostic errors leading to enucleation could be reduced if the incidence of metastatic tumors was always well considered. Presented here are two patients with metastatic tumors and a brief discussion of the nature of this ocular disease.
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VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM 87108.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*