title: Enlarged extraocular muscles from metastatic signet ring carcinoma.
abstract: Enlarged extraocular muscles usually occur from inflammatory conditions, but in rare instances metastatic tumors that invade the muscles will require a biopsy and specific treatment. The authors report what they believe to be the third case of metastases to the extraocular muscles from signet ring cell adenocarcinoma of an unknown primary site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Loes
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Wesley
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lavin
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D010166:Palliative Care; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents