Vitreous and retinal metastasis from gastric cancer.
OBJECTIVE
Intraocular metastasis from gastric cancer is not common and metastatic carcinoma to the vitreous or retina is exceedingly rare. We describe a case of gastric cancer metastatic to the vitreous and retina.


METHODS
Retrospective, single-center case report.


RESULTS
A 64-year-old woman with advanced gastric cancer with multiorgan metastatic disease presented with decreased visual acuity. Ophthalmoscopy revealed extensive overlying vitreous seeds and macular infiltrations in both eyes. Fine-needle aspiration cytology from the vitreous confirmed the diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma.


CONCLUSIONS
We report an extremely rare case of vitreous and retinal metastasis from gastric cancer. Ophthalmologists and oncologists should be aware that gastrointestinal cancer can cause intraocular metastasis in the form of vitreous seeds and retinal infiltration.
Kim
Chang Yeom
CY
Department of Ophthalmology, Cheju Halla General Hospital, Jeju - Korea.
Ha
Chang Won
CW
Lee
Sung Chul
SC
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body