title: Metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to the orbit and periorbit masquerading as periorbital abscess.
abstract: A 61-year-old man with no history of malignancy presented with a rapidly expanding left periorbital mass, first noticed one month prior to presentation. The mass was firm, and a pus-like discharge drained spontaneously from the center of the lesion. A biopsy was performed, and histopathology confirmed squamous cell carcinoma. Systemic evaluation revealed that the patient had a primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with multiple metastases. The prognosis of orbital metastasis is generally poor, and this patient expired after one month of conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ja Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyun Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Moon Sun
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: So Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*