Metastatic adenocarcinoma presenting as bilateral blindness.
A 71-year-old man had bilateral shallow retinal detachments. An extensive medical work-up was unrevealing. A "skinny-needle" biopsy of retrocrural lymph nodes under computed tomographic control supported a diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma to his choroid. A review of the literature on metastatic ocular cancer is presented.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male