title: [Ocular metastases of solid extraocular tumors. Frequency of ocular metastases and localization of the primary tumors].
abstract: The aim of this paper is, to characterize ocular metastases of solid extraocular tumors and analyze the frequency and localization of their primary sites, according to literature data of 1967-2002 years. The most common source of this metastases are breast, lung and prostate cancers in adults and neuroblastoma in children. Practically used diagnostic ways of ocular metastases in many cases omit histopathology investigation and for this reason in some cases, particularly with coexistence of hereditary cancer predisposition, second primary tumors may be misdiagnosed, as the distant--time ocular metastases.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki (WS) Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Królewska
authors.forename: Olgierd
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Palacz
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zajaczek
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000556:secondary; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology