Metastatic esophageal carcinoma to the orbit.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of esophageal adenocarcinoma and areas of gastric differentiation in the esophagus (Barrett esophagus) metastatic to the orbit.


METHODS
A 47-year-old man with a history of esophageal carcinoma developed turgescence around his left eye. He underwent a biopsy and histologic examination of a left orbital mass.


RESULTS
Histopathology of the orbital tumor was consistent with metastatic adenocarcinoma from the esophagus.


CONCLUSIONS
This metastatic adenocarcinoma to the orbit likely arose in Barrett esophagus.
Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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MJ
Collins
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Wojno
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Grossniklaus
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*