Ethmoidal sinus adenocarcinoma with orbital invasion.
OBJECTIVE
To report a rare case of massive ethmoidal adenocarcinoma with orbital invasion but minimal ophthalmic symptoms on presentation.


METHODS
Case report of a 69-year-old, otherwise healthy, retired carpenter who was referred for treatment of bilateral senile cataract.


RESULTS
A relative afferent pupillary defect and sectorial disc atrophy on ophthalmic examination led to further investigation and identification of an extensive ethmoidal neoplasm with orbital invasion. An incisional biopsy was performed and histopathologic examination revealed an adenocarcinoma of low-grade malignancy.


CONCLUSIONS
Ethmoidal adenocarcinomas with orbital involvement may occasionally be relatively asymptomatic and masked by coexisting ocular disease.
Koukoulomatis
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Department of Ophthalmology, Hippocration General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
Charakidas
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Papakrivopoulos
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Giotakis
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014934:Wood