Metastases to eyelids: breast.
Edema and erythema of the right eyelid were the first clinical symptoms of widely metastatic carcinoma in a 61-year-old female. At the time of biopsy of the eyelid there were no other clinical manifestations of the disease. The case history points out a rare manifestation and emphasizes the many faces of breast cancer.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000556:secondary*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged