title: [Palliative radiotherapy for a retrobulbar metastasis from a urinary bladder carcinoma].
abstract: Retrobulbar metastases from transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder are very rare. This is a case report of palliative radiotherapy successfully reducing acute clinical symptoms such as proptosis, dysfunction of the eye muscles and diplopia in a 50-year-old male patient with a retrobulbar metastasis from transitional cell carcinoma. Radiotherapy quickly ameliorated the proptosis and dysfunction of the eye muscles without side effects. The patient's quality of life was clearly improved.
authors.affiliation: Abt. für Radioonkologie und Strahlentherapie, Radiologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. Felix.Zwicker@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zwicker
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Herfarth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Debus
mesh_terms: D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology