title: Multiple bilateral choroidal metastatic tumors from a small-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown primary site.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report one case of multiple and bilateral choroidal tumors from a poorly differentiated small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown primary.
  
  
  METHODS
  The case of a 30-years-old white female who developed multiple and bilateral choroidal tumors from a poorly differentiated small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown primary is presented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient had a disseminated disease and died 6 months after. The oncologic work-up, including physical examination, laboratory and radiographic study, fails to identify the primary site.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intraocular involvement from a poorly differentiated small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown primary has not yet reported. We describe this case together with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: University Eye Clinic of Genova, Genova, Italy. massimo.nicolo@hsanmartino.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nicolò
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Piccolino
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghiglione
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nicolò
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calabria
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D007208:Indocyanine Green