title: [Breast adenocarcinoma discovered by orbital metastases: a case report and review of the literature].
abstract: Ocular metastasis of breast cancer has become more frequent since therapy increases patients' survival. It is therefore important to recall this diagnosis. We report the case of a 73-year-old patient who had orbital metastases of an unknown breast cancer. The commonest clinical sign at diagnosis is exophthalmia. Prognosis is usually pejorative once diagnosis is performed. Standard treatment is radiotherapy and requires a multidisciplinary approach.
authors.affiliation: Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, centre hospitalier universitaire, institut Mère-Enfant Alix-de-Champagne, 45, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51092 Reims, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lucereau-Barbier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El Falah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desoutter
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Job
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ducasse
authors.forename: A-M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Savoye
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Graesslin
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*