[Orbital metastasis of kidney carcinoma].
OBJECTIVE
The case report of a patient with renal cell carcinoma and orbital metastasis is presented and the clinical and histological characteristics are discussed.


METHODS
A 69-year-old man, status post nephrectomy secondary to a renal cell carcinoma, presented with a swelling of the lower lid, reduced visual acuity and visual field defects in the left eye. Ultrasonography and CAT scan revealed a well demarcated orbital tumor.


METHODS
The tumor was excized in toto and the diagnosis orbital metastasis of a renal cell carcinoma verified histologically. The patient showed good postoperative recovery with greatly reduced clinical symptoms. Two years later a recurrence of the orbital tumor was noticed, which was also removed in toto.


CONCLUSIONS
The in toto excision of an orbital metastasis of a renal cell carcinoma is a valid therapeutic approach regarding the tumor morphology and the achievable postoperative symptomatic relief.
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Augenklinik rechts der Isar, Technischen Universität München.
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D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Orbitametastase eines Nierenkarzinoms.