Bilateral choroidal metastases secondary to uterocervical carcinoma of the squamous cell type.
OBJECTIVE
To report a patient with bilateral choroidal metastases secondary to uterocervical carcinoma of the squamous cell type.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 55-year-old woman complained of visual field loss and decreasing vision. Seven months earlier, uterocervical carcinoma of the squamous cell type was diagnosed and treated with chemotherapy and irradiation. Serous retinal detachment and choroidal masses were present in both eyes. Retinal detachment was lessened in both eyes after radiotherapy. The patient died of respiratory insufficiency 3 months after the appearance of choroidal metastases. At autopsy, there was no second cancer to cause the choroidal metastases. Tumor embolization was present in the choriocapillaries.


CONCLUSIONS
Choroidal metastasis may develop from hematogenous spread of uterocervical squamous cell carcinoma.
Inoue
K
K
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo Branch Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.inoue-k@fd5.so-net.ne.jp
Numaga
J
J
Kaji
Y
Y
Toda
J
J
Kato
S
S
Sakurai
M
M
Ikeda
M
M
Motoi
N
N
Murakami
T
T
Fujino
Y
Y
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy