title: [A case of successfully treated orbital metastasis from breast cancer by radiation therapy].
abstract: Orbital metastasis from breast cancer is relatively rare. We report a case of successfully treated orbital metastasis from breast cancer by radiation therapy. This 50-year-old female patient underwent a mastectomy (Bt+Ax) of her left breast in October 2000. The diagnosis was invasive lobular carcinoma, Stage IIB (T2N1M0). Retroperitoneal and bladder metastases were found five years after the operation, and chemohormonal therapy was done. Right orbital swelling appeared 8 months after chemohormonal therapy, and orbital metastasis from breast cancer was diagnosed by MRI. Radiation therapy (a total 30 Gy) was administrated, and the swelling disappeared. An MRI was performed 16 months after radiation therapy and did not detect any metastases. A complete response (CR) was achieved. No sign of recurrence was found, and a sufficient local control has remained for 2 years after radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, NTT West Osaka Hospital.
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanoh
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inatome
authors.forename: Tetsuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kira
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Katsuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Danno
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwazawa
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tono
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Takushi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Monden
authors.forename: Shingi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imaoka
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents