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.
Collins
M J
MJ
Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Wojno
T H
TH
Grossniklaus
H E
HE
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*