Iris metastasis of esophageal cancer.
Ocular metastasis in patients with esophageal cancer is quite rare. Several cases have been reported in the literature, but no successful treatments for such metastases have ever been described. We herein report a case of esophageal cancer in which the ocular metastasis was controlled by systemic chemotherapy.
Ichiki
Yoshinobu
Y
Second Department of Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Kitakyushu, Japan. y-ichiki@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
Morita
Masaru
M
Yano
Koichi
K
Sugio
Kenji
K
Yasumoto
Kosei
K
Hirose
Naofumi
N
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D015811:Iris Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D005472:Fluorouracil