Large cell carcinoma of the lung and squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx presenting as uveitis.
Ocular manifestations of systemic malignancy may precede the diagnosis of cancer; some intraocular lymphomas can present initially as chronic uveitis. The two cases described were found to have underlying carcinomas of the lung and oropharynx. Both presented with chronic uveitis and decreased visual acuity that were not responding to antiinflammatory therapy.
University of Ottawa Eye Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Aleksandra
A
Lesniak
William G
WG
Hodge
D000368:Aged; D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy