Breast carcinoma metastatic to eyelids: case report and review of the literature.
Violaceous, indurated plaques around both eyes were found to be cutaneous metastases and the initial clinical presentation of a lobular carcinoma of the breast in an 80-year-old woman. Available literature indicates that breast carcinoma is the most common metastatic tumor of the eyelid and the onset of a palpebral mass may precede the diagnosis of the primary tumor in the breast.
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D010173:Palpation; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary