Isolated choroidal metastasis from primary adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus: a case report.
We present a case of a 41-year-old male patient who, 1 year after transhiatal esophagectomy and transmediastinal gastroplasty for an adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus, presented with an isolated metastasis in the choroids of the left eye. Because of pains caused by secondary glaucoma, enucleation of the left eyeball had to be performed as the treatment of choice. At 1 year after surgery of the eye, the secondaries in both adrenal glands were revealed. Despite the applied chemotherapy, the patient died with signs of generalized disease 3 years after the initial surgery.
Knezević
J
J
Department of Esophagogastric Surgery, First Surgical University Hospital, Institute of Digestive Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. nmilanche@YUBC.net
Radovanović
N
N
Simić
A
A
Bobić Radovanović
A
A
Latković
Z
Z
Micev
M
M
Pesko
P
P
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018570:Risk Assessment