title: Bilateral choroidal metastases secondary to uterocervical carcinoma of the squamous cell type.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo Branch Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.inoue-k@fd5.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Numaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Motoi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujino
mesh_terms: 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