title: Metastatic choroidal tumors in Taiwan: an 11-year experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the clinical features, the primary sites, and overall prognosis of choroidal metastasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Included were all cases of choroidal metastases evaluated at National Taiwan University Hospital over an 11-year period. Patients with blood or lymphoproliferative diseases were excluded. Clinical features were correlated with disease entity and prognosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 36 patients with choroidal metastases were identified. The mean age was 53.9 +/- 12.8 years. The mean follow-up period was 5.1 +/- 4.2 months. The primary sites of tumors were lung in 18 (50%), breast in eight (22.2%), gastrointestinal tract in three (8.3%), pancreas in two (5.6%), ovary in two (5.6%), kidney in one (2.8%), liver in one (2.8%), and unknown in one (2.8%). Twenty-two patients (61%) died during follow-up. Mean life span after diagnosis was 4.3 months in these 22 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lung and breast cancers represent more than two thirds of primary tumor sites. Choroidal metastases may indicate terminal status of the underlying malignancy and short survival time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tsung-Jen
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chung-May
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Tzyy-Chang
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Jen-Shang
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chang-Pin
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chang-Hao
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Muh-Shy
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Luke Long-Kuang
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology