title: Spermatic cord leiomyosarcoma metastatic to the orbit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of spermatic cord leiomyosarcoma metastatic to the orbit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 78-year-old man presented with progressive redness, proptosis, and decreasing vision of the left eye of 3 weeks' duration. Computed tomography revealed an intraconal mass (1.5 x 2 cm) inferior to and displacing the left optic nerve.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A left lateral orbitotomy was performed, and a well-demarcated mass was removed from the surrounding tissue. A follow-up computed tomography of the chest and abdomen was consistent with metastatic disease to the lungs and liver.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spermatic cord leiomyosarcoma is a rare cause of metastatic lesions to the orbit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA. sbakri@nycap.rr.com
authors.forename: Sophie J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bakri
authors.forename: Gregory B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Krohel
authors.forename: George B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Martha G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Farber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013085:Spermatic Cord; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed