title: Breast carcinoma metastasis to the orbit and paranasal sinuses: a case report.
abstract: This is the case of a 34 years old female patient, with known history of disseminated, invasive, ductal adenocarcinoma, grade II, of the left breast, who presented with two distinct localizations of metastasis affecting the orbits. One in the right orbit and a second one in the frontal sinuses, the latter infiltrating the cognate ethmoid, exerting pressure on the inner wall of the left orbit. We present the symptoms, the ophthalmic signs and the imaging techniques that aided the localization of these metastasis, while literature review shows that such combination is rare.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Asproudis
authors.forename: Spiridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gorezis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Charalabopoulos
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stefaniotou
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peschos
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Psilas
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000473:pathology; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed